the long black coat

Deeply personal poems evoking universal themes through a life centred in Jerusalem and reaching out to embrace other cultures, English countryside, a childhood in Wales and roots in Eastern Europe. This is a collection of poems written over thirty years, gathered into sections, each of which follows an arc through related subject matter, focussed sometimes on journey or place - India, Oxford - and sometimes on mood. The long black coat of the title was borrowed from an elegant friend to enhance