HAWKING THE SURF

Diana Hayes has given us a mesmer, an exquisite, lyrical collection, poignant with the past of oceans, rocks, islands, the global environment.. Hayes writes as fog falling beyond water, catching the reader off guard, drawing us in. Read this book and savour (the) words slowly like it’s a matter of survival. Myth is embodied in the particulars of place. She paints a olfactory, tactile world of colour that is both keenly observed and gloriously illustrated. Hayes steers us through heavy storms, her call for compassion permeating as we battle mortality in the search for meaning. Symbolism seeps through photos like Bridging the White Water and close ups of roses and dragonflies, musicality hooks readers, then transports them beyond words to mood and time.