Cloud Compass, a collection of new and selected poems by Marta Knobloch, is divided into two parts. The first, "Shadow Painting," is a series of poems inspired by the life and work of Laurence Hope, an Edwardian poet whose work revealed her fascination with the peoples and cultures of 19th-century India. The second, "Boxing the Compass," is made up of poems that reflect the author's lifetime spent in circling the globe.
In several poems we notice bursts of tremendous poetic power. One thing that is admirable about this poetry collection is the energetic imagination and emotional intensity. All poems included in Cloud Compass by Marta Knobloch show the poet’s supreme lyrical triumph. These poems are undoubtedly quite powerful.