She offered thought-provoking prompts encouraging pupils to connect their emotions and selves with the landscape and animals. Her style of facilitation encouraged all students to look inside, trust their voices, and experiment with new ideas. She definitely inspired student to unlocking and discover stories they didn’t know they had.
Like songs that come to you unbidden after a few listenings, I want this poetry to inhabit my head.
This is a poet of daring, wit and absolute purpose. Not to be missed.
This book is not just read, it’s felt. With stunning, visceral poetry, it explores the profound disconnect of trauma and the fragile, fierce act of reclaiming your own body. It’s about what’s lost, what’s carried, and the raw, radiant work of stitching yourself whole again.
For anyone who’s ever felt exiled from their skin, by pain, fear, or survival, this book is a map and a companion. Deeply moving and impossible to forget. A masterpiece.
blending the lyrical with the philosophical, the book offers a haunting and thought-provoking examination of mortality, agency, and the gestures of letting go, marking it as a powerful contribution to contemporary literary explorations of the human body and its afterlives.
https://www.slapmag.co.uk/treats-and-magic-in-kings-heath/
Holly’s poetry paints vivid images and weaves in profound understanding of the physical patterns made by trauma.
This was visceral and emotionally intelligent poetry delivered with both vulnerability and strength, and moving tenderness for self.
https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/cheltenham-poetry-festival-feature/
Tim Relf feature with Rishi Dastidar and Isabel Galleymore.
Holly Winter-Hughes 