Lady by Laurie Bolger children's laureate remarkable verse they wrote when

remarkable verse they wrote when their older sibling tragically took his own life

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it finds the poetry in the grim realities of modern work-life

Hirshfield urges a reckoning of human influence on – and interference with – the planet

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Lady by Laurie Bolger children's laureate remarkable verse they wrote whenPublished 10th April 2025. Lady, the new collection of poems by Laurie Bolger, plays with the arc of a chick flick. Whilst trying to be the most honest version of themselves the poems play the parts of housewife, fitness instructor, landlady, hen, sister, mother, boxer or drunk. Are we stuck on the ideal of small girl in a big dress when perhaps we are wild, dreaming big and taking it all in? Ultimately, this effervescent book is a celebration of the