Reviews of Veeve
"She is very good at evoking places too, often with telling imagery."Review of 'Veeve', Sheenagh Pugh, The New Shetlander, No 292, Yule Issue 2021 (Read the full review)
"Veeve, Christine De Luca's recent collection from Mariscat Press, is a bilingual and lyrical foray into life, the universe and everything. From the opening poem Veeve (vivid, clearly seen) to the Clos Encoonters of the ultimate page, we are swept into De Luca's world of musical language and clear-eyed observation."Review of 'Veeve', Anne MacLeod, Northwords Now, Issue 42 (Read the full review)
"Veeve, Christine De Luca's recent collection from Mariscat Press, is a bilingual and lyrical foray into life, the universe and everything. From the opening poem Veeve (vivid, clearly seen) to the Clos Encoonters of the ultimate page, we are swept into De Luca's world of musical language and clear-eyed observation.
Linguistic riches operate, as always with this poet, to enhance the exploration of her chosen subject, whether she is reliving past times in her native Shetland, as in Sisters 'Twa peerie sisters, we'd skip across da brig/ ta veesit da spinsters' or celebrating Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Coonterpoint 'Da Wast-Aestern Divan Orchestra/ is playing at da Proms: Palestinian/ an Jew, sidey-fur-sidey. Dey hae/ da very laekly o een anidder/ ... At da end, he claps an claps, strangin/at der göd-haertitness, der mutual trust.'"'Veeve by Christine De Luca', Anne MacLeod, Northwords Now - Issue 42, Autumn-Winter 2021 (Read the full review)