Poet

The Days After - Rebecca Parfitt

The Days After is a moving and close-to-the-bone account of heartbreak. Rebecca Parfitt lays bare the pain of breakup, in lines that are vivid, exact, and resonant. She records the trajectory of a relationship from passionate infatuation through it’s tortuous unravelling. By such close attention we see that by memorialising her experience, the author begins to move beyond it, to transform her life into the promise of what will be lived afterwards.This is a beautiful, hard-won debut by a marvellous new voice.

– Amy Wack

‘Rebecca’s poetry draws part of its power from being unashamedly personal. These poems are windows to a world removed, yet one that is still clearly present. They are incredibly visceral and honest – you will find no blackout curtains here. And, like all windows, there is always the potential to catch in them a faint reflection of ourselves.Rebecca is one of those poets who affirms the need for poetry – and proves, if evidence was needed, that it still stands firmly as a literary genre in its own right.’

- Crunch Poetry

‘Unnerving, evocative poetry about broken relationships - powerful lines which eclipse each other with their impact’

- Rachel Carney, Created to Read

‘Rebecca Parfitt’s poised images shimmer with clarity, making the everyday world of relationships brim with unsettling surprise.’

- Cinnamon Press

The Days After is a moving and close-to-the-bone account of heartbreak. Rebecca Parfitt lays bare the pain of breakup, in lines that are vivid, exact, and resonant. She records the trajectory of a relationship from passionate infatuation through it’s tortuous unravelling. By such close attention we see that by memorialising her experience, the author begins to move beyond it,to transform her life into the promise of what will be lived afterwards.This is a beautiful, hard-won debut by a marvellous new voice.

– Amy Wack, Poetry Editor, Seren

‘Full of bubbling emotion held in check but ready to burst, Rebecca manages to sum up perfectly the feelings of those who have lost something, be it through love, death or absence.’

- Dagda