from ante-natal complications and the devastating pain of miscarriage to the overwhelming joy of healthy delivery and healthy infancy
It is also an imaginary region for exploring depths
self-aware and charismatic
'Like ‘fixtures patterning the air’ the accumulation of experiences here resonates far beyond the covers of the book and as oaks seem to listen to the unheard and ‘owls out-perform / flutes’ we become witnesses to an inner theatre
with actor Ion Caramitru
Gut Feeling by Lucy Hurst podcast from ante-natal complications and theLucy Hurst's Gut Feeling is an unflinching excavation of illness, survival, and the uneasy dialogue between body and mind. Through sharp, intimate lyricism, Hurst maps the intersections of pain, identity, and medicalisation, unravelling the ways language both contains and fails lived experience. Charting the visceral realities of vulnerability and resilience, these poems pulse with a raw, unvarnished clarity at once forensic and deeply felt. With a