“A generous and passionate book…the sensualist shines through: shrewd, empathic, intimate. Rowland celebrates the immediacy of experience, the poignancy of happiness. The poems are arranged almost seasonably and the natural world is an implacable metronome… the poems leave a sensation of warmth long after reading them.” – Jennifer Harrison, Five Bells.
“Rowland is a fluent, eloquent poet … the sensually explicit lines skillfully manage their metaphor.. Her passionate political poems will give heart to many readers. There is ardour and brave candour in this celebratory stance.” – Barry Hill, Poetry Editor, The Weekend Australian.
“Both sensual and sensuous, it is concerned with the real world. Poems have a great personal intensity. She deals tellingly with a range of injustices around the world, always bringing out their human dimensions rather than simply wringing her hands. With no obvious stylistic or literary or political allegiance.. a talented woman writing directly and courageously out of her own experiences.” – Geoff Page, Australian Book Review.