Polly Clark

Polly Clark (born 1968) is a Canadian-born English poetry.

Life
Clark was born in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Lancashire, Cumbria, and the Borders of Scotland. She has worked at several careers, including zoo-keeping at Edinburgh Zoo, teaching English in Hungary, and publishing at Oxford University Press.

Her poems have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and widely published in journals including the The London Review of Books, Poetry Review, The Independent, and The Financial Times.

Recognition
Clark won an Eric Gregory Award in 1997. Her first collection, Kiss (2000) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation. Her econd collection, Take Me With You (2005), was a Poetry Book Society Choice, and was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Publications

 * Singularities (by Polly Clark, Tim Kendall, & Graham Nelson). Oxford, UK: Hubble Press, 1997.
 * Kiss. Tarset, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2000.
 * Take Me With You. Tarset, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2005.
 * Farewell, My Lovely. Tarset, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 2009.

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