it is not perfect

The poems in this collection are primarily concerned with nature; observation of the natural world and its communications with us. Interwoven are reflections on love, loss, learning and friendship.

Jacqueline Hall was born in London and grew up in Blackheath. She studied English Literature at Oxford University before later training to be an NHS Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic. She continued to work there for the remainder of her career, as well as in multi-agency and fostering and adoption services in Camden and Kent. She is now retired and divides her time between her homes in South London and Walmer, on the Kent coast.