Quiverstorm Poems of Life, Love, Longing and Loss

'Quiverstorm' is the debut collection of poetry from an exciting new writer, Amanda Jane Fuller.Amanda's poetry explores the tension between societal standards, expectations and conformity, gender, sexuality, creativity, family, friendship and alienation.In this, her debut poetic volume, Amanda takes us on a journey in which the pressures of a demanding career in the city contrast with a yearning for change, growth, revelation and connection. ‘I am tired of the questions, the tensions, the relentless pull of the city, the riotous roar of the cars, the bars, the bodies, the buildings and how far we all are, from each other, from ourselves. In another life, I sit at a desk and dream. Monotonous logic squats in my cerebral cortex, excluding imagination. The part of me that makes, that creates, now hibernates. From the cocoon, witness a spark; a minute twitch of life…'