The central section of the book – and one which, once read, spills out into the rest of the collection – deals with an abusive relationship, in a series of devastating poems marked by urgent language and repeated representations of transformation. The wolves of the pamphlet return in the same and different guises, slippery, beguiling and menacing. The collection also explores a sense of place, particularly Moore's home in the north of England, and the importance of craft, whether it be scaffolding, engraving or trumpet-playing. As the title suggests, the notion of falling is a central motif. Moore won a New Writing North Award in 2014, and her first full collection, The Art of Falling, was published by Seren in April 2015. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2011, and in 2012, If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in The Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition, chosen by Carol Ann Duffy. Kim Moore was born in Leicester and moved to Cumbria in 2004, where she now lives and works as a poet and a peripatetic brass teacher.
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