Unexpected Clearing

"Rhythm and pattern
follow with precision the rich tonality of Lucas's visual and
aural perceptions delivered with just enough tension to allow a
line to run free or a word to drop and hang alone where it dances or stops" - Amanda Joy Cordite



"Lucas's collection
shines with a clear intelligence and keen observation of the
everyday, landscape, place, art, love and grief. The poems, evocative
and moving, also sit so lightly on the page." - Lucy Dougan, Philip Mead and Marcella Polain, Mary Gilmore Award
Judges 2014



"Lucas's poems are composed
of vivid bursts of colour" - Cassandra Atherton, ABR