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from Disappearing Out (Pauline Prior-Pitt, 2008)

Reproduced by permission of Pauline Prior-Pitt

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Pauline Prior-Pitt

Pauline Prior-Pitt was born in Hull and moved to North Uist in 1997. Her poetry, often comic, looks at women, the ageing process, grandchildren, and at her adopted island home.
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