What a beautiful way to capture a life – through poetry! Leigh Hay’s words will lead you through the meandering streets of Saint Malo, the boulevards of Paris, the cobblestones of Scotland, and the sprawl of Shanghai, but equally to the swing of her front gate, her morning walk, her local parkland. This book will remind you that wonder can be found in both the urge to ascend some distant mountain and the itchy mound of that mozzie bite on your ankle. Leigh brings the gift of attention to all that is around her. Her poems invite us to walk, to sing, to explore far afield and in our backyard, to take note, to write. Burnishing the Soul is Leigh’s very own ‘poetic manifesto’ on how to live a poetic life, indeed, on how to burnish one’s soul.