Ann's poems reveal the intensity of living fully in the present with an awareness of how time threads through the experiences of body, mind and spirit. Her strong sense of place and passionate observation of the natural world permit a rich and lyric exploration of change that draws in and changes the reader.

Now

water pulls back from shore

stories

bared in the sun

a look in your eyes

stirs

my grumbling gut

look-alike houses   coloured doors   mingled yarns

myriad women

linked

in the sound of speaking

water rolls up the shore

swirled rents open

to a common shoreline

voices sing in the wind around islands