This was one of two poems which won me a place on the short list for the Worcestershire Laureate in 2011. I spent a couple of days in hospital opposite Alice (85), whose local accent begged to be recorded.
Kathy Gee lived in Yorkshire and Devon before settling in Worcestershire in 1990. She has been an archaeologist, museum curator, public servant, leadership coach and heritage consultant, but poetry only became a powerful part of her life in 2005. She was short-listed for the Worcestershire Laureate in 2011 and her publications list is slowly emerging …?xml:namespace>