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who seemed to want to establish the Spanish avant-garde as an independent force

‘Here is a poet with a commanding style

The poems teem with grace and dignity

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at the ever-present possibility of its departure

Five Fifty-Five by Maura Dooley french who seemed to want toMaura Dooley's poetry is remarkable for embracing both lyricism and political consciousness, for its fusion of head and heart. These qualities have won her wide acclaim. Helen Dunmore (in Poetry Review) admired her 'sharp and forceful' intelligence. Adam Thorpe praised her ability 'to enact and find images for complex feelings Her poems have both great delicacy and an undeniable toughness she manages to combine detailed domesticity with lyrical