We Must Not Linger 

To be published summer 2025 by Mosaique Press

Praise for  We Must Not Linger

‘In these poems, Kate Rose occupies various positions between “stillness and surge”, from quietly acute observation of nature to the urgent sensuality of poems such as In subzero temperatures. Icy weather is a consistent presence in the collection, reflected in the crisp clarity and spare but moving language. Although there is a chill atmosphere in the settings, there is also the warmth of deep emotional response to people, region and landscape.’

Derek Sellen, award-winning poet

‘We must not linger is in fact an invitation to do exactly the opposite – to explore an in-between world glistening with icy menace and superstition, blessed with the rich colours of surprise jewels, glaucous oceans, and the warmth of baking bread. The riddling quality and haunting figures of these lyric poems compel the reader to return to their intriguing shores – to glimpse an elusive inner land- and sea-scape, where past and present merge; and to savour deep moments of beauty and light.’
Sue Kindon, poet

 

Brushstrokes

The cover  illustration Late September at the beach is courtesy of  Nia Mackeown, a Pembrokeshire-born artist with a passion for painting en plein air.

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Praise for Brushstrokes

Kate Rose’s poems are vivid with imagery, sensory and enigmatic creating stories of love, loss, place and family with brushstrokes of language as delicate as watercolour. A memorable and aptly named first collection.

– Chrys Salt MBE, poet & playwright

Kate Rose’s Brushstrokes collection is a symphony of tastes, smells, voices and colours, gifting us with clear snapshots of the author’s experiences. Kate Rose populates her poetic universe with people closest to her heart. The subtle shifts in narrative discourse cast the reader in alternating roles – a spectator in awe of nature’s breathtaking displays or an active participant in life-changing events, drawn into a swirl of intense emotions.

– Eliza Claudia Filimon, PhD

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

West University of Timisoara

Kate Rose has a real talent for creating a landscape or a mood with a very few strokes. I love the sudden changes in tempo, as in Yesterday, and in mood, as in Miriam, with the apparently random impressions picked up along the way involving all the different senses.

– James Andrew Taylor, critic, biographer
Author of ‘Walking Wounded: The Life and Poetry of Vernon Scannell

 

Purchasing copies of Kate’s chapbooks

You can contact me at katerosepoetry@gmail.com, I have signed copies that I am selling direct.

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