Linda France was awarded the Arts Foundation's first Poetry Fellowship in 1993. Her first collection, Red (1992), and her anthology Sixty Women Poets (1993) are published by Bloodaxe. A freelance writer she has worked on several collaborations with artists, including Acknowledged Land with Birtley Aris, and various public art commissions. This poem is from The Gentleness of the Very Tall published by Bloodaxe at £6.95.
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