Taxus Baccata

"Reading the poems together is like stepping into a forest where each tree has a highly individual character. Patricia M Osborne does really well to conjure up such a playful range of voices that feel different yet enhance one another, and her shifts in stanza length add brilliant disruption."

John McCullough - Poet (Shortlisted for the Poetry Costa Award 2019)




"Patricia M Osborne writes of the natural world with keen observation and a sensitivity for the trees and flowers, birds and animals that fill it. In this collection we learn of traditions, mythology and lore, factual information and fantasy, mingling in one glorious cornucopia. Patricia casts her true poet's eye over it all, and clothes it in images to enchant the reader."

Alison Chisholm - Poet and Poetry Columnist on Writing Magazine