' Now and Then is Jo Van Kool's first collection of poems.
The first part, Now, concerns her search for a sense of belonging as in the poem 'A Breakfast Jam', I reach for raspberry jam / and feel the past in my hand.
This book delights, disturbs and dismays with the turn of every page.
From nature, as in the poem 'Life of a Raindrop' - 'and searched for words to recreate / that moment when translucence / held my life' - to Jo's voice with a rich sense of justice for thos.
Ginninderra Press Now and then, paperback/joanna van kool
