Alan Dunnett
Alan Dunnett was born in London in 1953. He read English at Oxford before going to drama school. He is Course Director, MA Screen, Drama Centre London, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. His poetry has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Salzburg Review, Stand, Orbis, The Rialto, The Interpreter's House, Other Poetry, Outposts, Poetry Nottingham, Pennine Platform, Dream Catcher, The Reader, Poetry News, New Poetry 6 (edited by Ted Hughes), The Methuen Book of Theatre Verse; also, a collection, Hurt Under Your Arm, published by Envoi, and a pamphlet, In the Savage Gap.
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Dancing with Delsie
and other poems
ISBN 1-905599-49-3
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Haiku-Man to the rescue! And things along those lines. From South African odysseys to waltzes in wheelchairs via allegorical toasters, Dancing with Delsie and other poems contains all the splendidly multifarious winning entries from Leaf Books’ second
poetry competition of 2008.
her legs are like tree trunks
motionless and solid
‘let’s dance’ she said
with arms in the air
swaying like palm trees
when the wind blows
across a purple sea
Extract from runner-up ‘Dancing with Delsie’ by Sally James.