Plum by Hollie McNish John Ashbery Easily sidetracked and keen to

Easily sidetracked and keen to be soundtracked

Others are in rhymed and broken stanzas

lightly worn… So original that it has sometimes scared off critical scrutineers

but also a hopeful search for truthfulness and trust as the only things that matter

poems we can hear resonating on the page

Plum by Hollie McNish John Ashbery Easily sidetracked and keen toWinner of Ted Hughes Poetry Award for New Work in Poetry Hollie McNish has thrilled and entranced audiences the length and breadth of the UK with her compelling and powerful performances. Plum, her debut for Picador Poetry, is a wise, sometimes rude and piercingly candid account of her memories from childhood to attempted adulthood. This is a book about growing up, about guilt, flesh, fruit, friendships, work and play and the urgent need to find a