There is a lazy belief abroad that there is no good modern poetry. This collection, published by Big White Shed, written by Rosemary Drescher, confounds that.

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Her start point is that the sun predates mankind and our planet and will post date us. The giver off life, and probably the architect of our ultimate demise. She takes us on a personal, sensory journey as well as a physical travelogue; from the remote beaches of Kiribati, straddling the international date line, to the golden shores of Morecambe Bay.

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The full page photography is an incidental treat, crisply reproduced and well chosen.

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I met her in person by chance, sat next to each other at Morecambe Poetry Festival, the extracts she read out from this book promised much, and delivers on the page. It takes you by the hand and gently leads you around her world, whilst asking,” What is it like to be You?” on page 25.

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Part eco book, part cerebral philosophy treatise, it teases us to think, it shows, does not tell

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A little gem.