The poems of Allan Lake are full of wonder and reflection upon otherwise ordinary events. The poems take issue with predominant religious myths and favour a world in which god is as likely to speak through birdsong. Love is seen as the greatest of windfalls. The reader sees the familiar from an acute angle.

The poems of Allan Lake are full of wonder and reflection upon otherwise ordinary events. The poems take issue with predominant religious myths and favour a world in which god is as likely to speak through birdsong. Love is seen as the greatest of windfalls. The reader sees the familiar from an acute angle.