Phantom Camera

‘“I haven’t seen an ocean for years, but I know one’s out there,” states Bolina. In fact, it’s here in Bolina’s book, a veritable tidal wave of verse, lines spilling forth propulsively and carrying with them keen observation of the everyday, “the jamboree of a crosswalk”. This Green Rose Prize winner is sophisticated but eminently embraceable, a tip-off of what’s to come.’ The Library Journal ‘As full of candour and ontological inquiry as they are of verve, panache, and wit, the poems in Bolina’s second collection stretch and dilate, in order to, as the author puts it, “feel so attached – like a ligament – to the whole shebang of human experience”. These poems include subject matter of all kinds, and to read them can feel like being led through the chaos of contemporary life by a warm yet incisive mind. Publishers Weekly