Orison 

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  • Published 20191105
  • ISBN: 9781925773804
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Three days later,

we bought a Newton’s cradle.

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Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor has been writing and performing poetry for nine years. Her two collections, Kaleidoscope (2016) and Fault Lines (2018), are both published by...

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