Giving Light – Waterloo Samplers No. 2 | Waterloo Press, 2003 | ISBN 1-902-731-14-X | 32pp | Out of print www.waterloopresshove.co.uk |

‘…the strangely haunting perspectives of ‘Last of the Spray Carnations’, the marvellous cynical whimsy of ‘The Cottage’; ‘The House of Sadness Past’; ‘The Sound of Eating’; ‘A Hamper from Landrake’ – terrific…a real poet’ K.M. Newmann, Summer Palace Press

‘Outstanding – books beautifully produced aren’t normally matched by the contents, but this is. One of the finest books I’ve seen in a long, long time. Alan has a voice entirely his own. Stanza 4 of ‘Last of the Spray Carnations’ is worthy of Pound. ‘Tears of mustard sun’ – I wish I’d written that! The shorter poems too are excellent – wise, witty and full of feeling. ‘The Cottage’ is marvellous. At 63 when I read his work I feel there’s hope for poetry still.’ Barry Tebb, Sixties Press

‘Some of the shorter poems seem to search for the self-referencing wisdoms of an isolated mind and remind one of the aphorisms of William Blake. All the poems strike sparks’ Graham High, Poetry Express

‘…the four-liners have a Blakean feeling pulsating right the way through them. Every word counts. The poems, in their quirkiness, also remind me of Stevie’ John Horder

‘The booklet resonates with poems about the everyday meaning of being alive. …Morrison is able to dip into the profound’ Doreen King, New Hope International