Hearing Voices

These elegant, poignant poems confirm Ruth Bidgood as one of the most talented poets writing in Wales today. In Hearing Voices we are transported to other times to literally hear the voices of people whose concerns resonate across centuries; voices made audible by Ruth Bidgood's subtle skill, precise poetic ear and admirable lightness of touch. In these apparently quiet narrative poems there beats a pulse that time and distance have not silenced; revelatory moments speaking out of ordinary lives.