From Love to Infinity (Paperback)

'You leafed through the pages of my soul And found the secret writing hidden there...' These finely wrought poems take us from Tuscan hills and piazzas to the banks of the Weser and Pegnitz, down the dark streets of Gottingen and among the honey-coloured stones of Oxford. We step easily into the writers mindset, to enjoy what he calls the 'plankton of experience' and relish the bright lights and sinister shadows of Gefuhlsreise. Francis Michaels' sense of place is matched by an easy sensuality of expression particularly in 'Arabic Script' and 'The Cat'. While the broad issues of man's purpose, the exchange of affections and the persistence of memory run like threads throughout the collection, the energy, beauty and hum of life and nature, so clearly loved by the poet, remind us that a world enjoyed deserves to be captured in verse.