The Orange NotebooksThe Orange Notebooks is a novel about love and hope. Told through a womans journals written while interned in a French psychiatric ward after the death of her son, Anna explores grief through the power of nature and mourning rituals where myth and reality collide allowing her to begin her journey of radical hope to love and acceptance.

Penny Boxall’s second collection throws light on the mysterious strangers we glimpse

His vision is unflinchingly dark but also

threatening to unravel a delicate peace

from slavery to freedom

and she has a plan

and how much we have already lost

Things Found on the Mountain is a Hardyesque coming of age story

Why Did You Leave The Horse Alone

My soul is like these threads of spider silk

The anonymous protagonist recounts his life story

her poems ooze confidence and shine a light on human ecstasy and sadness with blinding precision

Child of Dust (2005)