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is said to have despaired of the world’s venality and corruption

‘Beyond the attractions of their sensuous diction her finest poems accomplish a strikingly steady focus

"Beginning the Avocado" (1987)

their eccentricities and foibles

The Met Office Advises Caution knives forks spoons is said to have despairedPBS Recommendation Autumn 2016 Rebecca Wattss debut collection is a witty, warm hearted guide to the English landscape, and a fresh take on nature poetry. In assured style, Watts positions herself where Wordsworth, Frost and Hughes have stood; with an original point of view and an openness to the possibilities of form, she retunes the genre for modern ears. From the wide open plains of ecology and social history to the intimate enclosures of dreams,