Her eclecticism is never more apparent than in the Book of Diseases sequence, which launches from its simple premise into a delirious medley of forms and subjects.

The meticulously crafted lyrical poems of Perfect Blue reflect the growing power of a distinctively original, musical and compassionate voice that laments the transience and fragility of life while celebrating the joy of truly living it.

'Kona Macphee’s poetry has a genuine lyricism and mystery, together with a bold experimental diction’ – John Greening, Poetry Review

'Kona Macphee’s finest work presents a perspective whose detachment is rooted in genuine care for what it sees, as though the refusal to centre the poems in personal subjectivity will provide the most intimate connection to the world. Add to this meticulous attention a lyricism based on compressed syntax and skilful consonance…an impressive range’ – Carrie Etter, Poetry Review

'Poems of elegant gravitas, terse yet lyrical' – Independent on Sunday

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Kona Macphee's website www.konamacphee.com has a microsite pb.konamacphee.com linked to it featuring her own commentaries on the poems in Perfect Blue as well as sample poems and audio recordings of her readings.

You can also listen to Kona Macphee reading her poems here:

Poems from Tails:

Taking her in

My people

Shrew

Tails

Poems from Perfect Blue:

The invention of the electric chair

View from a window

The malfunction

The problem of the bees

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