How Small We Are, How Little We Know by Alexandra Melville Jonathan Davidson She spent much of her

She spent much of her childhood on the high limestone grasslands of Minchinhampton Common in Gloucestershire and now lives in Sheffield on the very edge of the Peak District

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The first poem laments a tawny owl killed by a car

and in the strange narrative from the artist who obsessively collects mud from the cratered soles of boots

How Small We Are, How Little We Know by Alexandra Melville Jonathan Davidson She spent much of herAlexandra Melvilles how small we are, how little we know. is a beguiling debut pamphlet with poems centred on a rich mix of themes including Tolstoys War and Peace, cockroaches, Kandinsky and a poem, Hippo, which was highly commended in the 2021 Forward Prizes. Melvilles pamphlet is humorous, telling, eccentric, a neat introduction to a poet of nuance and delicate poise. ABOUT Alexandra Melville:: Alexandra Melville is a writer and teacher. She was