"SIGHTINGS: A COLLECTION OF POETRY"

ISBN 978-988-99668-1-2. 142pp. 210c. x140c. Pbk. 60+ b/w illustrations, mainly photographs. Published 17 May 2007. English Poetry - China - Hong Kong - Andorra - England. - USA. C21st - History & Criticism. Sightings: a collection of poetry with an essay "Communicating Poems". by Gillian Bickley. The poems in this illustrated book are accessible to many readers, both young and old. They consider what it is like to be a human being in this modern world, drawing inspiration mainly from the people whom the writer has encountered, especially in Hong Kong. Introduction by Ma Kwai Hung. Preface by Harry Guest. Foreword by Marion Bethel.

Here is what some reviewers have said:

• "She has made use of everyday life situations and turned them into life lessons. Sightings inspires us to slow down and taste the sense of the city." (Ma Kwai Hung, HKADC Examiner)
• "The poems in Sightings are witty, poignant, full of memorable images and insights and a total delight. I was very impressed by the entire publication including the essay." (Professor Ken Pickering)
• Sightings conveys playfulness and ironic humour. The writer displays, "a strong ethical sense and a constant and engaging lyricism". (Marion Bethel, Bahamian poet)
• Mrs Margaret Clarke notices Bickley's, "talent for turning the stuff of ordinary life into poetry. She continually surprises and delights by making fresh connections between seemingly disparate situations as in 'Leaves: Street Sweeper and Teacher Compared'."

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