Just Like That presents the distillation of over twenty years’ marvellous writing - poems that are daring and restrained, modest and ambitious all at once, and both personal and socially committed. From the tour de force humour of ‘Pinkney and other Observations’, through vivid town and landscapes, to moving elegies and poems that capture the difficulties and joys of relationships, the keynote to Peter Carpenter’s writing is clear-eyed but heartfelt celebration.