Helen Dunmore

Portrait of Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore 1952–2017
1952Born

Helen Dunmore was a British poet, novelist and children's writer. She lived in Bristol and published seven novels and two collections of short stories. Her collections of poetry include Out of the Blue (2001), Bestiary (1997), Secrets (1994), Recovering a Body (1994), Short Days, Long Nights (1991), The Raw Garden (1988), The Sea Skater (1986) and The Apple Fall (1983).

She has won the Cardiff International Poetry Prize, been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and her books named as Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendations.

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  1. On All The Things You Are Not Yet

    “I am studying this poem for english and am currently writing an essay on it. It shows a lot of contrasts between different lifestyles e.g. "heating you can't afford" followed by "gorgeous shush of restaurant doors" which shows that the mother is considering the different lifestyles the child might…”

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The poem

Bestiary · 1997 · 1 poem