Jean Sprackland is a poet and writer whose work is characterized by its profound engagement with the natural world and human experience. Her poetry often explores the intricate connections between the inner life and the external environment, employing precise language and striking imagery. Through her writing, she seeks to capture ephemeral moments and reveal the beauty inherent in everyday existence. Her prose is lauded for its unflinching honesty and its capacity to evoke deep emotional responses in readers.
Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, accelerated modern world, we are losing our sense of connection to the dead. Jean Sprackland - the prize-winning poet and author of Strands - travels back through her life, revisiting her once local graveyards.
For every object left emptied of significance, bereft, Jean Sprackland shows us another that is charged and radiant with possibility - the possibility of miracles.