The flashing ripple of the estuaryThe flicker of sunlight across the wallThe glint of a red lighterThe meeting of the eyesThe entwinement of the souls.These lines from 'Love at First Sight' reveal C W's instant response to landscape, and the broader images of the world impacting on our own feelings and inner lives.How we respond to planet earth, and how we in turn treat our own children, themselves hostages of the abuse heaped on the ecosystem, forms a leitmotif running through C W's work. But spiritual concerns and environmental doubts ('World') are counterbalanced by positive visions of love ('Cariad') and coming home ('Gypsy' and 'Dream'). The author further reveals a rich sensual vein in 'Melon' and 'Black Coffee' and a refreshingly sharp edge to her outlook in 'Poisonous Tongues' and 'Ladies who Lunch'.Perhaps the hidden aim behind this carefully thought out collection is to encourage inclusivity. Exiles from Eden, we are all capable of being labelled and compartmentalised - especially if we're differenced in some way - but we're all part of the living, breathing, language-driven caravan called humankind.