"Margaret Clark's poetry moves comfortably between cosy domesticity, family relationships, art, religion and occasionally politics. She nds inspiration in simple things (a walk in the park, coffee with friends, domestic chores), which reminds us to look for the poetry in the everyday. The metaphor is wielded with great aplomb (Scotland and England as a dysfunctional couple, a mountain range as a sleeping serpent) and the love and respect she has for Australia's impressive landscape is evident in poems such as 'October Storm' and 'Namatjira's Way'. These are straightforward,...