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  • Published 20230207
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-80-1
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

                          Like the hawk

of fabric shears, cockatoo calls cut

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Felicity Plunkett

Felicity Plunkett is a poet and critic. She has published two collections of poetry: A Kinder Sea (2020) and Vanishing Point (2009), both with...

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