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Josephine Corcoran has created a very strong poetry collection. She tackles some very relevant political and topical issues and I personally really enjoyed the poems centred around her upbringing in Southport as it is very near to where I live and I particularly found Working Class Poem very relatable. The poems that had a political leaning packed a powerful punch and I personally really enjoyed the poems Police Say Sorry and Stephen Lawrence isn't on the National Curriculum. I also found the poems that focused on relationships and loss were so beautifully composed and poignant. I particularly loved the poems Mis/ Carriage and Love in the time of Hospital Visits. This is a very broad and eclectic poetry collection that explores a plethora of subjects. Some poems are powerful, some are saturated with nostalgia. However this poetry collection is a perfect introduction into the genre of poetry and this collection definitely has a poem or two for every kind of reader!