Full Body Reclaim Kevin M.F. Platt

Full Body Reclaim Kevin M.F. PlattThe eleventh in Five Leaves series of debut poetry pamphlets by East Midlands writers. At its heart, Full Body Reclaim is about living fully. There are poems about recovery after trauma and abuse, about gendered power relationships within society and their effect on us, and about parenting, love and loss. Many of the poems draw on life affirming qualities found in ordinary experiences and in nature. Often using the animal world as metaphor, a theme of

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