The eleventh in Five Leaves’ series of debut poetry
pamphlets by East Midlands writers.
At its heart, Full Body Reclaim is about living fully. There
are poems about recovery after trauma and abuse, about
gendered power relationships within society and their
effect on us, and about parenting, love and loss.
Many of the poems draw on life-affirming qualities
found in ordinary experiences and in nature. Often using
the animal world as metaphor, a theme of transform -
ation runs through the collection.