Yellow Shade evokes the stark textures of township and rural community life: the beauty and passion, the cruelty and humour, the noise, music and stillness. Sediteís poems are constructed from unpredictable images ñ ëa rain-sniffing windí, ëthe knuckles of chairsí, a cupboard ëwailing like a dog left alone in a garageí ñ in a gritty language entirely her own.