Success! Initial feedback is appearing from those first readers who’ve got back to me in an unsolicited way, saying how much they enjoyed the book. These comments are the thing that really makes all my creative work worthwhile. It also makes it easier to sell when I am confident that buyers will very likely enjoy the poems. Everyone seems to find some poems that resonate with them. Several people have gone on to buy copies for relatives and friends. Here are some of the comments:
“Descriptive, evocative, very finely observed, beautiful imagery, great stories, moments of profundity.“
… absolutely lovely … I feel a rawness, connectedness and thrill reading it … akin to Blake, Coleridge, Nicholson …
“i love “Medea”..this is great stuff“
“Your landscapes are always so inviting – you communicate your enthusiasm and love of the wild so well too.“
I’ve got more events planned so hoping for many more comments. Stay posted.
There are some five-star Amazon reviews too at:
A Square Peg in a Round World, ISBN 978-1916910379. RRP £7, September 2025. Kindle edition and High-grade paperback, 210 x 148mm, 60 pages. From good bookshops, Amazon, and Black Pear Press: https://blackpear.net/.
Clifford Liles 
Great comments, Cliff, and well-deserved, your poetry collection is a darned good read!
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