the small manoeuvres by Kathy Pimlott #Translatedpoetry His mother

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Hollie McNish has thrilled and entranced audiences the length and breadth of the UK with her compelling and powerful performances

the small manoeuvres by Kathy Pimlott #Translatedpoetry His motherPimlott is my favourite flneuse, conjuring place like no one else, with an immaculate eye for the juicy, telling detail. In these clear sighted poems she confronts aging and lockdowns, both bringing a world: wilder and straitened like the bins. I love Pimlotts cast of memorable characters; her tinder dry wit; her hard won knowledge that: what matters now is grace on a wire, enough sleep. Clare Pollard Ive a little passion to speak of says the speaker