The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation a chimeric creature – Miss

a chimeric creature – Miss Molasses – emerging from the old docks

he wrote many different kinds of poems covering a wide range of themes

combining an artisanal virtuosity with passion

play my game features examples of Finlay’s verbal game-play

attentive to the world around us and to how we impact upon it: ‘when does holding out your hand / become a question’

The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation a chimeric creature – MissShortlisted for The Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection 2026 While newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redford's wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine