Division Street by Helen Mort 2016 of how the rift of

of how the rift of departure brings on a kind of haunting – of the people involved and the places where they lived – an emotional trace of departed lives and loves

The persistent conditions are flux and falling

passionate and hungry in their tender

Perception and memory of taste and sound become more heightened as his eyesight fails

Division Street by Helen Mort 2016 of how the rift ofFrom the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships, Helen Morts stunning debut is marked by distance and division. Named for a street in Sheffield, this is a collection that cherishes specificity: the particularity of names; the reflections the world throws back at us; the precise moment of a realisation. Distinctive and assured, these poems show us how, at the site of conflict, a moment of