Learning How to Sing by James Aitchison John Ashbery In these poems Jeremy Hooker

In these poems Jeremy Hooker recalls his parents and grandparents

Adcock plunders family diaries

Theresa ’s quest to search both the living world and the dead for answers to the purpose and predicament of her existence are a journey worth joining her on

each work of art inhabits the same house

Other poems were written episodically over a number of years

Learning How to Sing by James Aitchison John Ashbery In these poems Jeremy HookerLearning How to Sing is a new collection of poems written since The Gates of Light was published by Mica Press in 2016. Learning How to Sing extends James Aitchisons celebration of the natural world, and in his poems on islands and seaways the celebration is a form of pilgrimage. His compositions encompass other topics: for example James Aitchison on time ranges from contemplating the origins of life to recognising the uncertain future of our world;