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    Ugly Bird
    Ugly Bird
    Ugly Bird
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    Ugly Bird

    By Lauren Hollingsworth-Smith

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    Ugly Bird is bolshy and funny and unapologetic. With subjects ranging from public nudity and polyamorous dunnocks to women who run with wolves, these tender poems appreciate human relationships and the natural world, without shying away from difficult conversations around toxic masculinity and mental health. Ugly Bird is tough enough to stand its ground and look you in the eye: 'I'm not perfect, and in no way do I want to be.'
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Poetry Business
    Release dateMay 18, 2021
    ISBN9781912196593
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      Book preview

      Ugly Bird - Lauren Hollingsworth-Smith

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      Published 2021 by

      New Poets List

      The Poetry Business

      Campo House,

      54 Campo Lane,

      Sheffield S1 2EG

      Copyright © Lauren Hollingsworth-Smith 2021

      All Rights Reserved

      ISBN 978-1-912196-58-6

      eBook ISBN 978-1-912196-59-3

      Typeset by The Poetry Business

      Printed by Biddles, Sheffield

      Smith|Doorstop Books are a member of Inpress:

      www.inpressbooks.co.uk

      Distributed by NBN International, 1 Deltic Avenue,

      Rooksley, Milton Keynes MK13 8LD

      The Poetry Business gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

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      Contents

      I Want to Stand Naked in the School Hall

      Cappuccinos

      Dunnock

      Mourning

      Ruben’s Grin

      Painting People

      Meritocracy

      It’s Okay to Break

      No One Knows Care as Much as Her Hands Do

      Gifts from the Woods

      The Moon Stripping

      Cat

      Little Boy on the Train

      Reading us The Hobbit

      Dad

      On Human Touch

      Seagull

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