roJahatche3<br > In Crosshatched Kate Llewellyn s<br >finest skills are splendidly on<br >show， especially her talent for<br >revealing personal vulnerabilities<br >and articulating wry satirical<br >insights into human behaviouy..<br >She compels the reader to watch<br >and think through imagination，<br >examining the chiaroscuro of<br >emotion and experience.<br >Like Gwen Harwood and<br >，Judith Wright， Llewellyn links<br >the everyday with the eternal，<br >exploring the domestic<br >fbreground of exhilaration and<br >pain against the delicate tracery<br >of consequence.<br >~ At their most modest， these are<br >poems of fine precision， affec-<br >tionate good humour， sensuous<br >lyricism. At their most intense<br >when love is the obverse of<br >madness， and gardens become<br >ash in bushfire--Llewellyn s<br >poems create moments of terri-<br >fying metaphysical awareness.<br >Crosshatched is poetry of<br >exposure --above all of love<br >DAVID GILBEY<br > Rarely is a reader treated so<br >royally and with such respect<br >DIANNE JOHNSON，<br >Sy3ney Mornhzy Heml3<br >R Angus&Robertson<br >An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers<br >