Pelican Daughter by Nadine El-Enany Will Burns ’ – David Dabydeen

’ – David Dabydeen

whilst protest actions entwine themselves around judicial statements

now an adult’s eyes and across the gulf that education

‘Charting a cross-cultural relationship through courtship

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Pelican Daughter by Nadine El-Enany Will Burns ’ – David DabydeenWinner of the James Berry Poetry Prize 2024 The poems of Nadine El Enany's debut collection Pelican Daughter are imbued with tenderness and fuelled by a hunger for justice, connection and a more empathic world. With stunning lyricism she fiercely probes the pain of being powerless in the face of global catastrophes ' genocide, climate crisis ' without tilting into despair. These poems do not divide the personal and political ' indeed, boundaries are