The late Frances White was a member of a poetry group that was formed by the late Aeronwy Thomas, daughter of Dylan Thomas. Frances grew up near London and had strong family ties in south Wales. There are fond poems of togetherness (‘Winter Walk’, ‘Promenade’, St Catherine’s Hill’); a villanelle, appropriately, for Aeronwy Thomas (‘Poetry Gives Way To Prayer’); and another, short poem for Aeronwy, ‘Daffodils, I Suppose’, in which a flower that is much maligned in poetic circles these days is reinstated in its true place of honour, in Welsh hearts, at least. Frances White in this collection achieves a thematic balance over a variety of subjects with technical skill, warmth, and humanity.