HomelandsHomelands is the first collection by Wales based poet Eric Ngalle Charles. Part one focuses on his childhood in the West African state of Cameroon. The poems often resound with warmth and humour, fond memories of sitting in his mothers kitchen, of making toys out of leaves. We sense the beauty of the landscape and become one of the crowd of children who follow the aunties tea plucking on plantations. We also meet some of the darker deities from the

Set in a colonial Caribbean country in the post-war years

The slums of Buenos Aires

and right across the UK

And looming large is the constant

quietly precise

whose voices have long shaped the poetry-reading public's idea of the North

wonderfully observational style

"The whole spectrum of post-war pop music - the explosion of the Beatles and the demise of the big bands

translated by Ken Cockburn

She has performed in over 300 stage

and her generous remembrance of them makes her readers feel alive in ways they haven’t felt before

an exploration of heritage and identity