‘Carol McKay’s poetry is vividly and poignantly in touch with the things that matter – family, community, a sense of place and of history. These big-hearted, keen-eyed poems understand just how precarious life can be, and how thrilling.’ Chris Powici, author of Look, Breathe, Red Squirrel Press, 2022.

‘Craft without ever seeming in any way laboured, tight but not overwrought. I love Carol’s use of the short line; the images she finds right outside her door and on long walks.’ Donal McLaughlin, author of beheading the virgin mary and other stories, Dalkey Archive