Lives of the Female Poets by Clare Pollard Emma Lee like cage fighting with two

like cage fighting with two opponents

'Insect Love Songs'

opposing his government

music and philosophy – suddenly find themselves in a world that not only denies their importance

and look ahead as she tries to work out what it means to be the one who stays behind

Lives of the Female Poets by Clare Pollard Emma Lee like cage fighting with twoPublished 25th September 2025. Clare Pollard cocks a snook at Dr Johnson's all male Lives of the Poets in chronicling her own life and theirs in her Lives of the Female Poets. These portraits and self portraits offer glimpses into the poet's own everyday life "from nit combing and laundry to pollen counts and cocktails, watching school plays to shopping on Rye Lane "all whilst in conversation with female poets through the ages. Playing with forms from