But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson I am writing to you

I am writing to you using tablets such as the computer or iPad or phone

her poetic methods take their cue from the many marvellous creatures she evokes and the multiple protective measures they adopt—nests

the trauma of anonymity

may look like had humans traded bodies with sheep

But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson I am writing to youIn But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language of dependency, its circles of prevarication and excuse. Hawkey's poems chart the loss of a father and the resilient love between siblings, and take an unflinching look at a parent child relationship sometimes painfully inverted through alcoholism. Hawkey's fresh perspective and playful style introduces a vital, authentic new voice in