Purl

Purl is a full poetry collection. The collection comprises poems of family and memory, and land, sea and air, to explore some of the meanings of ‘purl’*. In particular, the collection considers these meanings in relation to the unsettling crossing of boundaries, uncertain moments of transformation and a rediscovery of the familiar in the world around us.

(n) a thread or cord made of twisted loops used for bordering and embroidering; edging made from this; (v) of water, to flow with a swirling motion and a murmuring sound, to gurgle; of breath or smoke, to be emitted in a swirling stream, to eddy, also of music and the voice, to murmur; (v) to turn upside down, overturn, capsize, to pitch or tumble head over heels