A Poem by Linda France

ROOST


You can find a Word accessible version of this poem here.

Linda France’s latest collection is Startling (Faber & New Writing North 2022), from
her Writing the Climate Residency. The Knucklebone Floor (Smokestack 2022) won
the Laurel Prize. Linda was Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23 in the Michael
Marks Awards and won the 2013 National Poetry Competition.