Pretend You Don't Know Me: New and Selected Poems by Finuala Dowling Iliad Often a poem will initially

Often a poem will initially seem to be about a landscape or an animal – say

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They step vividly off the page

hidden shapes – as well as a range of experiments in traditional and contemporary form

Pretend You Don't Know Me: New and Selected Poems by Finuala Dowling Iliad Often a poem will initiallyPretend You Dont Know Me brings together in one volume the best of Finuala Dowlings funny, poignant and idiosyncratic poetry from four earlier prize winning collections, with a section devoted to new poems. It introduces this popular South African poet to a UK audience. Finuala Dowlings debut collection, I flying, published in 2002, was an instant success in her native South Africa. Its accessibility, humanity and wit, as well as its beguilingly