We Have To Leave The Earth, Carolyn Jess-Cooke's third book of poems, deftly interweaves the personal and the political. Climate change is confronted in a portrait of the Arctic with its 'wolf winters.' The House of Rest is a history in 9 poems of Josephine Butler (1828-1906), a pioneering feminist activist. There are also tender poems about family.

'Four distinct projects are constructed with imagination, clarity, tenderness, melody and skill.' - Kathryn Maris
'Read to immerse yourself in wonder' - Judy Darley
'Poems that are strong, yet empathic; steely, but compassionate. It's an extremely powerful admixture and I urge you to read it.' - Buzz Magazine