Ten Poems about Sisters

Ten Poems about Sisters celebrates and explores the relationship between sisters. 

From the games and secrets of early childhood that we remember so vividly to the separate journeys of later life, a sister will often know us between than anyone else. 

For Dorothea Smartt, two sisters form a pair of carefree 'toe-tapping feet' while Jean Tepperman's depiction of sisterhood celebrates the thrill of defying convention. In Galway Kinnell's moving poem a childhood shared with a sibling creates a reassuring lifelong bond:

"...we will walk
hand in hand a little while,
taking the laughter of childhood
as far as we can into the days to come,"
- from 'Two Set Out On Their Journey' by Galway Kinnell

Poems by Julia Bird, Wendy Cope, Michael Donaghy, Galway Kinnell, Esther Morgan, PK Page, Dorothea Smartt, Jean Tepperman, Jack Underwood and Julia Webb.

Cover illustration by Hilke MacIntyre.

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