Six poetry collections by Jackie Wills since 1995 Powder Tower, Party, Fever Tree, Commandments, Woman's Head as Jug, A Friable Earth Poet Jackie Wills turned 70 last month, so it seems a perfect time to talk to her about her writing. I met Wills when she was looking after sheep in Mallorca and I was walking on a centuries old path through the land. She admired my hat. There are decades between us but we stayed in touch and as I read her work I appreciated its focus on womens' lives, the earth and felt the empathy her poems exude. Her work has been described as irreverent, bewitching, compassionate and surreal. Q: Jackie, it's great to reconnect. You've published six books and a pamphlet. Do you have a favourite? A: Each time a title comes off the press it's a favourite because most of them, especially the later ones, come from years of writing, thinking, discarding and editing. What I can say is that each book is delivered by a different era in my life - my first m...
For the time being it was the great fact of the world. (Willa Cather)