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
Salena writes poetry I want to hug. This book is so hopeful, so full of life -- BABS GON
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
A movement and an anthem for our troubled and troubling times * * The Social * *
