From the Dark Room, Sue Rose’s debut poetry collection, is in part a meditation on the formative experiences that make us who we are and a celebration of life in the face of death. It contains poems that span two decades, including When You’re Gone, the poem that won the Canterbury Poet of the Year competition in 2008 and Mahler 9, which won the Troubadour Poetry Prize in 2009.

“From the first poem to the last, I enjoyed this collection. It is rich with the life of the body, with flesh, seed, sex, blood, birth, family love, all in language that is truthful, brave and tender…” Gillian Clarke

“Sue Rose knows poetry, without doubt…  She has the ability to look at life, and death, with unsparing clarity, and at the same time with an empathy that never spills over into sentimentality.  I’ve seldom experienced such a wonderful first collection.” Robert vas Dias

Published 5 September 2011 by Cinnamon Press
http://www.cinnamonpress.com/from-the-dark-room/