Samantha Sirimanne Hyde has penned a laudatory review of Vanessa Proctor’s Dec 2024 poetry collection On Wonder, at Grattan Street Press (29th September, 2025). The Japanese perception of sadness, particularly a tender, contemplative sadness, is often defined by the term ‘mono no aware’. This is often rendered as the pathos or frailty of all things: an…
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Vanessa Proctor ~ ‘On Wonder’, a review
A positive review on Gregory Piko’s blog of Vanessa Proctor’s recent collection…. Vanessa’s words know exactly how to fit together and how much to say. Nothing is forced, nothing is rushed. The timing of the words is comfortable. The sound of the words is pleasing. These poems are a delight to read. More at Gregory…