"Ambitious, often probing beneath the images with a meditative quality."
Jan Fortune-Wood, Envoi
Helen Ashley’s poetry arises from her lifelong love of manipulating words, along with a philosophical contemplation of the natural world and human interaction with it. She grew up in Hampshire and has had a varied career as a primary school teacher and adult basic education tutor. Since 1982, she has considered South Devon to be her home and now lives in Totnes with her husband, Mike Hannaford.
Jan Fortune-Wood, Envoi
Helen Ashley’s poetry arises from her lifelong love of manipulating words, along with a philosophical contemplation of the natural world and human interaction with it. She grew up in Hampshire and has had a varied career as a primary school teacher and adult basic education tutor. Since 1982, she has considered South Devon to be her home and now lives in Totnes with her husband, Mike Hannaford.