Nothing To Declare

Industry Reviews

'Alive, passionate and on the move - these poems range through worlds of wide reading, inner and outer journeying, through both the historic and the personal past and present, the fleshly and the vegetal. Always alert to "terrible Aphrodite" in their swing between blazon and contreblazon, they make "pauses in transit" with great precision of image and feeling. Subtle and confronting at the same time, these are the fruits of a startling talent.' - Tracy Ryan, poet, winner of Western Australian Premier's Book Award

'A superb poetic exploitation of the intersections between language, silence and the ineffable. Mags Webster explores proximities and propinquities with devastating intimacy. Nothing to Declare is brilliantly ironic, smuggling nothing and everything across ever shifting borders. ' - Cassandra Atherton, prose-poet, author of Exhumed 

Reader's Reviews

'Mags writes with the most delicious use of language and I LOVE her poetry. I dip into this book almost every day, treating myself to a poem one at a time, and I savour every word. I can't pick a favourite - they are all so good, although some feel more fitting at different times/moods. When I am feeling upbeat My First Kiss makes me smile; and a more longing type of mood sends me to At Four In The Morning. Late Harvest Wine is superb at any time. I get something beautiful and thought provoking each time I open this book.'

'Brilliantly witty. Very real. Her words feel wonderful on the tongue and caress the mind.'

'A collection of fabulous poems - absolutely love it! Mags Webster is a very talented poet and writer, everyone should own a copy.'