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<\/b>Rising Tide\u00a0<\/i><\/b>by Patricia Debney\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
There is a point when water comes in more quickly. You can say\u00a0it’s the relative depths of nearshore and foreshore. You can recall\u00a0how the gulls are able to stand a long way out, how the incline isn’t steep.<\/p>\n
Only it always surprises me. Comes in at a rush. A white marker I put up is swallowed. A patch of stones clings on in the backwash.\u00a0And I find I’m moving my shoes above the flood mark. Again.<\/p>\n
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Patricia Debney has enjoyed continued critical success with her latest collection of poetry Littoral<\/a>. <\/i>The collection, which\u00a0was Highly Commended by the\u00a0Forward Prize<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year,\u00a0has been included in ‘Poets Corner<\/a>‘\u00a0of the Sunday\u00a0Times this weekend. David Mills (Sunday Times Managing Editor of Arts and Leisure) included the poem\u00a0Rising Tide<\/i>\u00a0and commented:<\/p>\n “The poem ends with an artless “Again”. It is about something overwhelming, and being surprised by it even when you know it’s out there – which is the way grief operates.”<\/p>\n Littoral\u00a0<\/i>is a collection of prose poems was written while on a six-week residency in a beach hut on the North Kent coast. In it she charts the shift from grief to acceptance of her young son’s diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. The poetry collection was launched in London and Canterbury earlier this year.<\/p>\n Patricia was the guest speaker for the\u00a0S@ve as Writers Group<\/a>\u00a0in Canterbury on Sunday 10th\u00a0November.\u00a0The group, which has a longstanding relationship with the School of English, meet once a month and attract the best in local, national and international talent. Patricia read from Littoral<\/i>\u00a0and some new work from the next collection,\u00a0Baby<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"