The ninth in Five Leaves’ series of debut poetry pamphlets by East
Midlands writers.
Kindling takes the embers of unreliable memory and sparks stories
from them. Light-heartedly playing with images and form, many
of these poems have a distinct scent of the sea about them while
others burn with the fire of a life well-lived. Julie Burke has created
a collection of poems that flicker with people and places, lives
coming into being and lives lost, flights of fancy, and feet-firmlyon-
the-ground reflections on the world that holds us all.