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debut pamphlet Shrink(1997)with smith|doorstop books,and two book-length collections with Bloodaxe,The Barking Thing(2007)and States of Happiness(2018).She won thePoetry Society's Anne Born Prize in its inauguralyear,2015.  \nShe studied for an MA in Creative Writing atSheffield Hallam University and subsequently becamea lecturer there.She has collaborated with musicians,visual artists,photographers and printmakers,anduses creative writing to support people experiencingand recovering from mental distress.She also writesshort fiction and for the theatre.She lives in Man-chester where she was a founder member of urbanpoetry project the A6 Poets.  \n# SUZANNE BATTY\n\nStates ofHappiness  \nCopyright ◎ Suzanne Batty 2018  \nISBN:9781780374260  \nFirst published 2018 byBloodaxe Books Ltd,Eastburn,South Park,Hexham,Northumberland NE461BS.  \nwww.bloodaxebooks.com  \nFor further information about Bloodaxe titlesplease visit our website or write tothe above address for a catalogue.  \nSupported using pubkik funding byARTS COUNCILENGLAND  \n# LEGAL NOTICE\n\nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or  \ntransmitted in any form,or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,  \nwithout prior written permission from Bloodaxe Books Ltd.Requests to publish work from this bookmust be sent to Bloodaxe Books Ltd.Suzanne Batty has asserted her right under  \nSection 77 of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988to be identifed as the author of this work.  \nCover design:Neil Astley &Pamela Robertson-Pearce.  \nPrinted in Great Britain by Bell &Bain Limited,Glasgow,Scotland,onacid-free paper sourced from mills with FSC chain of custody certification  \nThis is for my family,present and absent,mith love  \n# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nSome poems in this collection have previously appeared in PoetryReviem,Poetry Nems and Dreamcatcher.'Grandmother'appeared inthe Raving Beauties anthology Hallelujah for 50ft Women(BloodaxeBooks,2015).'Dreams of Warthogs'was previously published inShrink(smith |doorstop books,1998)and was reprinted in Thirty atThirty(smith |doorstop books,2016)  \n'Horse Therapy'won the Cafe Writers Open Poetry Competition2016.'Severe Weather Warning'won the York Prize 2016.'Our Birth-day'won second prize in the Philip Larkin and East Riding PoetryCompetition 2013.'Wincobank'won second prize in the NottinghamOpen Poetry Competition 2013.'Jesus on a train from Mumbai'waslonglisted for the Montreal International Poetry Competition 2013.  \n'Gay-Lyfe Pets and Aquatics'was commissioned by ManchesterLiterature Festival and local radio station All FM in 2011.The poemsin Angels of Anarchy were commissioned by Manchester LiteratureFestival and Manchester Art Gallery as a response to the exhibitionof women surrealist artists in 2009.'The Nameless Tree’,'SevereWeather Warning’,'Conversation at Cricieth Castle'and 'The Raft'were originally part of a\"poetry conversation\"with Milorad Krystan-ovitch,commissioned by Like Starlings online poetry project (2009).  \n'William Bradford,Elder'was one of the winning poems in thePoetry News members competition and went on to win the inauguralAnne Born Prize in 2013.This gave me the opportunity to be mentoredby Penelope Shuttle whilst working on this collection -thank youPenny for your clear and compassionate eye and for your absolutebelief in these poems.  \nThanks to my dear friends especially Mark,Cal,Jan and Helen formaking happiness seem possible again.Mark,without your unwaveringlove and impeccable judgement this book could not have been written.  \nThank you,Joan,Rachel and Catriona-always,always above andbeyond...  \nI'm grateful to Neil Astley for his patience and understanding.  \nFinally,thanks to Roxie,the blue dog-more rescuer than rescued.  \nCONTENTS  \nMY TWIN,THE FEARLESS13 Breech  \n14","cbCaipdx5FY1m7Tp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipdx5FY1m7Tp","pdf",2876415,92,"English","# Contents\n## My Twin, The 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