Poetry pamphlet published by Edinburgh's Mariscat Press. Sonnets for My Mother as Lear is a sequence of raggedy sonnets about the poet's indomitable mother and also the dementia care system, mixing registers within a dramatic context derived from Shakespeare's King Lear - both funny and moving.
 
"Sonnets for My Mother as Lear is a truthful and moving – but not sentimental – collection. There are well-judged moments of blackish humour but the prevailing tone is one of sympathy and love. The sonnets, all unrhymed, employ a variety of shapes but each one is well-crafted and rhythmically pleasing. In short, this attractive small book is a pretty substantial achievement" 
                          London Grip Magazine