"The keynote will introduce my identity positions and experiences at Worcester, moving into how these positions and experiences are represented in my poetry: the themes, style and form. This will include a discussion of how I attempt to make sense of: my working class background and industrial heritage; my version(s) of womanhood including motherhood; my disability (Crohn's Disease); a female in academia; and, my Imposter Syndrome. This 'existence' meanwhile takes place on an earth which is fragile: climate crisis; end of industry; nuclear threat; global conflict; pandemic etc."