Netting The Sun

"Netting the Sun" brings together the contents of Phoebe Hesketh's ten poetry collections, along with a selection of new poems. As a lifetime's work, it amply confirms Anne Stevenson's assessment of her as 'one of England's strongest and most genuine poets' - among the small group of women writers who have made a lasting impression on British poetry since the war. Throughout this collection the qualities which have won her such a wide readership are clearly seen: sensitivity, control, precision and musicality, a strong sense of compassion and a wry humour. A. Alvarez, reviewing an earlier volume, highlights Phoebe Hesketh's 'great purity and strength' and concludes that 'she has been absurdly underrated.'