The Moon's Song's subject is female power. These poems have a breadth spanning the mythological and the everyday, as images of women from pagan, Greek and biblical sources, from well-known paintings and history, interact with women of today. They express both a strong, synaesthetic sensuality -- speaking of plants, children, men and food -- and a sharp realism about painful relationships or getting old. Power comes from the body but so does weakness. They convey a tremendous sense of being alive with an earthy quality and delightful humour.