L.K. Holt (1982) was born in Melbourne, Australia. She began to write poems by way of the visual arts and experienced it as a liberation, because she had more control over words than over paint, clay and pencils. Her poems, in which birds, the world of nature and historical characters feature prominently, read like small sculptures composed of set scenes and language. Holt views her poetry as an ‘exacting science’, in which she aims to “find truths and patterns and equivalents in the smallest details of human experience”.

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