Dame Julie Andrews’ Botched Vocal Cord Surgery and Other Poems Latifa Baqa A monumental account of human

A monumental account of human endurance in the face of mounting horrors

instance when I start with the name of a colour rather than a noun

my seal-grey limestone on your green slate

Henry James

Dame Julie Andrews’ Botched Vocal Cord Surgery and Other Poems Latifa Baqa A monumental account of humanIn the title poem of Katherine Meehans debut collection, Dame Julie Andrews Botched Vocal Cord Surgery and Other Poems, the poet presents an examination of losses, failures, and griefs, all of them tempered by an unusual humour. Grounded in the particularities of location, these poems wander between urban and rural spaces, from Los Angeles and Appalachia to the English home counties. Glass eels, Grendels mother and a host of nameless losers are given