Dorothy Fryd
Dorothy Fryd is a writer and performance poet, who has presented her work at various venues in London, including the Roundhouse, the Poetry Café (Poetry Podcast Launch) and Brixtongue Art Gallery. She is working on a short story collection and a play. She teaches poetry and creative writing workshops in primary/secondary schools and is currently working on the 2009 Lynk Reach London Teenage Poetry Slam Project. Dorothy also studies at South Bank in London and lives in Kent with her two children, Eva and Jack.
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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.