Incredible . . . [ Salena is] more glorious than ever, and this book again proves that she's a poet of the page as well as one who can command a stage . . . dashingly clever and full of wit, speaks from the heart and acts from there, too * * Buzz Mag * * Heartfelt and surreal, uncompromising and tender, Godden holds the poem in the palm of her hand like a hummingbird -- JOELLE TAYLOR Sheer brilliance, every verse a revelation! This book belongs amongst the classics, and Godden herself is one of the greatest living British poets -- NIKITA GILL Godden's verses are firing on all cylinders and display how she is a master at arriving at universal emotional truths. Revelatory and heart stopping -- MONA ARSHI Like a heart turned inside out . . . joyous and utterly revelatory -- EVIE WYLD In these poems Salena reveals, with exquisite craft and tenderness, the sacred and profound -- HEIDI JAMES-DUNBAR Read these poems then listen to Salena read these poems then go and watch Salena read these poems. She is a master of every incarnation this art form may take and I am constantly in awe of her. This collection brings so much joy and makes me determined to live more, lust more and love more -- HOLLIE MCNISH This is a book I will return to over and over and over again, a book everyone should have on their shelf. Salena's poems are all at once intimate and tender, vast and powerful, compelling, funny, delightful, precise, and always always bursting with life -- CECILIA KNAPP This book is so hopeful, so full of life -- BABS GONS A bittersweet collection that takes on the big themes without losing sight of the tiny details, those small everyday miracles that make life worth living . . . Uplifting -- PATIENCE AGBABI
