But at the risk of sounding like a complete Philistine, I admit that I've always preferred prose to poems. I like to get stuck into the narrative and subtleties of a good book and all but a handful of poems leave me either baffled or indifferent. A Romantic, I am not.
So when Candlestick Press asked recently if I would like to review their latest publication 'Ten Poems about Sheds', I was initially reluctant but I took a look anyway. The title alone is enough to pique the interest of any gardener - don't we all have a bit of a thing about sheds?