Singing & Dancing - Ann Atkinson

Poetry For Ann Was A Currency, Like Conversation, Its Nature Being To Capture And Clarify Elusive Ideas That Might Otherwise Remain Unformed: So Her Characteristic Style Was Natural And Conversational, Often With A Crackle Of Verbal Play, And An Alertness To The Possibilities Of Language That Enabled Her To Achieve An Effect Of Sensuous Exuberance Without Becoming Incoherent Or Merely Fancy. She Was A Pianist And A Skilled Listener To Music, With A Background In Dance And An Openness To Visual Art And Design. In Poetry She Had An Enviable Talent For Beginning A Piece Without Ceremony And Ending It Without Strain: Not Every Poet Can Do Both.