Bøker av Polly Atkin

A raw and exquisite meditation on chronic illness and our place within the landscape, from prize-winning poet Polly Atkin

ΓÇ£Much With Body is modern and approachable, with an undercurrent of irony. All in all, a powerfully potent reading experienceΓÇ¥ ΓÇô Buzz MagazineΓÇ£I was moved by this collection which places the joy of nature alongside the lived experience of those who suffer, the wild and free next to images of confinement and inaccessibility. Atkin has crafted poems in both traditional and highly experimental forms with huge success.ΓÇ¥ - London GripΓÇ£This collection is a keeper, I canΓÇÖt recommend it highly enough.ΓÇ¥- Caroline Bracken Atkins splits her collection into three unique parts. Atkins begins with refreshing perspective on the innocence and light-hearted descriptions of her experience with her local wildlife in Cumbria. Her next section is focused on ignored poetry from Dorothy Wordsworth, taking on an experimental style to share AtkinsΓÇÖ struggle with lockdown, weather and illness. In her final section, Atkins highlights the ableism she experiences, linking the medical to the personal and her identity as a long-term sufferer from a chronic illness.

In Much With Body, Polly Atkin displays her gifts as a vibrant and provocative contemporary nature poet. The dramatic landscapes of the Lake District and the diaries of Dorothy Wordsworth give rise to these poems. A life-long negotiation with a set of chronic health conditions, brings urgency to her warning we can't expect nature to save us.

Offers a collection of poems and images published to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This title features poems that are based on the theme of enslavement.