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A debut volume finds music in bus routes, factory gates and Saturday markets.
A debut poetry collection published this month listens closely to Midlands speech rhythms—half joke, half observation—without sanding them into tourist folklore.
Poems move from early-shift bus rides to empty market stalls after rain, treating ordinary errands as worthy of careful line breaks.
“The best lines feel overheard rather than performed.”
Readings are scheduled in Birmingham and Nottingham in August. The paperback is available from independent bookshops that stock contemporary UK poetry.
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