Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott Sophie Robinson Based largely on autobiographical events

Based largely on autobiographical events that trace a life-changing move from Louisiana to Wales

It asks what is 'local' and to whom

and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem

in the period of new-found freedom after the fall of communism

and the paradox of hope

Wandering Spirits of Exile by Monica Minott Sophie Robinson Based largely on autobiographical eventsPublished 19th June 2025. With a Stranger's Eyes is in two parts. The first, Dutch Girl is set mainly in the Netherlands, where Jeremy Hooker lived for four years with his wife, Mieke. The second, longer part records responses to history and landscapes primarily in South Wales where Hooker has lived since 2001. It also celebrates a number of Welsh writers, such as David Jones, Idris Davies, and Waldo Williams. The spirit of the poetry reflects the