S.J. Litherland has twice been commended in the National Poetry Competition. Her books include The Absolute Bonus of Rain, The Work of the Wind, The Homage and The Apple Exchange. She has lived in Durham since 1965.

Books by S.J. Litherland :

Other poems on the web by S.J. Litherland :
Seven poems
Two poems
"A Word for Warwickshire"

About Composition in White:

"S.J. Litherland's latest collection, her seventh, is a delight. Her consummate control of language allows her undiminished passion, intelligence and imagination to blaze on every page. Perhaps her physical muscles are 'waning like skies at dusk', but her poetry muscles are lithe and limber, and her poet's eye as diamond sharp and unsentimental as ever. Breathtaking."
—Jo Colley