This is a suite of poems gathered over recent years from working, beating and shooting with country folk. It reflects a way of life that has hardly changed in hundreds of years.

“Maurice spillane is a gifted ‘musician’ with words who also writes with photographic vividness. A joy to read.” Kathryn Maris

“There is friendship, love, a passion for people and life sweeping through the poems.” Hilda Sheehan