Poems by Dougie Herd

My partner, Dougie, asked me to illustrate a collection of his poems. Dougie said he liked my digital art style and wanted six illustrations and a cover as soon as possible! I crossed my fingers and hoped he would like what I came up with.

The book is called Something that Comes Close: Poems by Dougie Herd, and you can buy a printed book on Amazon or ebook on Amazon and Kobo.

Poetry book and postcards

We are both happy with the result.

Illustration of a Capercaille (large grouse)

Something That Comes Close is the debut work of Scottish-born writer Dougie Herd, now living in Australia. Reflections on becoming, on the joy of simple things, on life's hopeful journey. Sometimes sad because life sometimes is. But never despairing or despondent. Cos life's too short.

Pulse: memory, life and death, loss, dislocation.

Place: here and there, then and now, home and somewhere else.

Encounters: the unexpected.

Foolish Things: some of which are not entirely pointless.

Waving: the possibility of renewal, the necessity of change, the inevitability of silence.

Words by Dougie Herd. Illustrations by Spike Deane.