A Tug of Blue by Eleanor Hooker Will Harris the first of which was

the first of which was taken on the day when he was born

darkest truths while never compromising on the poet's craft

a lonely pensioner holds a tower block fête

A doctor collects droplets from a couple making love in the shower 'for tinctures and ointments

and ultimately hope – of the wisest and most worldly kind

A Tug of Blue by Eleanor Hooker Will Harris the first of which wasEleanor Hookers second collection of poems sees her move increasingly beyond the confines of home into a more profound relationship with the elements. Images of house and home besieged by storms (Rain pushes under slates and spits on the floor) open into poems where the poet discovers new versions of herself in the mirror of lake water, in the reflections language makes possible, if not inevitable. The haunting and haunted atmosphere of her first