Bones of Birds is a book about flying and falling, about the earth and the sky, a celebration of all those who achieve the miracle of flight, and the rest of us who struggle to accept our earth bound lives. Zeppelins and birds, transported lovers, angels and witches, Soviet women fighter-pilots and pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart fill the skies of the poet s imagination, wings beating frenetically in an attempt to rise above the constraints of the everyday. As the chicken daughter of an eagle and a wren the longed for meridian is always beyond Jo Colley s grasp, although this doesn t stop her launching herself into the fathomless blue.