Division Street by Helen Mort À L'Instar De her poems invite us to

her poems invite us to listen carefully and use ideas of hearing and listening to explore the legacies of trauma

provide insights into the writing and its familiar themes — love

Andrew Jamison

survives in notebook drafts to give a clear sense of its shape

Landscapes are crossed

Division Street by Helen Mort À L'Instar De her poems invite us toFrom the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships, Helen Morts stunning debut is marked by distance and division. Named for a street in Sheffield, this is a collection that cherishes specificity: the particularity of names; the reflections the world throws back at us; the precise moment of a realisation. Distinctive and assured, these poems show us how, at the site of conflict, a moment of