The Singing & Dancing

By Ann Atkinson

"Poetry for Ann was a currency, like conversation, its nature being to capture and clarify elusive ideas that might otherwise remain unformed: so her characteristic style was natural and conversational, often with a crackle of verbal play, and an alertness to the possibilities of language that enabled her to achieve an effect of sensuous exuberance without becoming incoherent or merely fancy.

She was a pianist and a skilled listener to music, with a background in dance and an openness to visual art and design. In poetry she had an enviable talent for beginning a piece without ceremony and ending it without strain: not every poet can do both."

- from the Foreword by Roy Fisher

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910367575
• ISBN13: 9781910367575
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"