Increments of the Everyday (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781922571496)

Rarely has the (covid normal) quotidian been so lovely - and so full of dread.

Rarely has breath been so dangerous - or so treasured.

Within the thoughtful cadences of Increments of the Everyday the world is going about its work - while a woman watches. Rose Lucas has achieved wonders

- Jennifer Compton

This is a collection of poems not afraid to be still. While acknowledging anxiety, isolation and grief, Lucas invites us to breathe in the goodness of relationships, gardens and art....

This is a poetics of openness that Lucas has made quite her own.

- Phillip Hall

Increments of the Everyday is an extended meditation on grief and healing. After every loss, there is damage, adjustment, and slow forward movement: 'attuned attenuated/I am learning to walk/in a way I have not walked before'.

- Melinda Smith