Reviews of Voes & Sounds
"An accomplished collection...poems in dialect and English sit comfortably together, weaving together a life-pattern well known to islanders."Review of 'Voes & Sounds', The Orcadian, 1996
"Christine's dialect writing is so vivid, and her choice of words so apt, that she can conjure up a moment, and let us know not only how it looks, but how it sounds, even how it smells and what it feels like. In English, though the tone is often more reflective, there is the same perceptive eye, the same precision and economy of language."Review of 'Voes & Sounds', The Shetland Times, 1996
"Powerful and evocative portraits of island life. The Shetland Library deserves praise for giving us such a quality production of fine poetry."Review of 'Voes & Sounds', Northwords, 1996
"Voes & Sounds is a very good first collection...the rhythm and incredible capacity for sound effects comes through just from a reading...and De Luca's crisp English reaching the heights of controlled emotion."Review of 'Voes & Sounds', Chapman, 1996
"A great deal of craft is evident, a sheer joy in the sound of the words and how they interplay with one another."Review of 'Voes & Sounds', Lines Review, 1996
Poems
- Edinburgh Volte-FaceThe Shetland Library, 1996 High Low
- On the Death of my Mother at MidsummerThe Shetland Library, 1996 High Low
- TagiddernessThe Shetland Library, 1996