Nudge the Morning

'Pat Lee's poetry often reflects her respect and reverence for the things of the natural world. She has an artist's eye for landscape and a Wordsworthian ability to paint it in lyric poetry. Many of her images and word choices have an inevitability about them, a surety that is enviable. Hers is a poetic voice that is true and trustworthy.' - Louise Nicholas 'Pat Lee's Nudge the Morning is a collection of poetry I found to be the work of the natural poet. Throughout there is a lyricism and landscaping from a once more pastoral time, mixed seamlessly with those of today's both urban and urbane one. Chosen word, inspired subject and thought, accompany throughout any mastery of craft or means which are also fully there by the way. Her titling, which can be a hugely neglected art in itself these days, alone draws the reader to each poem. Lee is a poet that not only sees her subjects so well, but one that can take that next vital step of conveying things to the reader, indeed fully as she did see them herself. Her work is simply a pleasure to read.' - John Miles