dance as if by Katrina Naomi John Birtwhistle Each poem deploys a forensic

Each poem deploys a forensic precision: vivid images

the poet shows his skill in compressed understatement

Some poems are set in Ireland

leaves the reader unprepared for his sudden luxuriance of phrase

In “As If Hearing Heavy Furniture Moved on the Floor Above Us"

dance as if by Katrina Naomi John Birtwhistle Each poem deploys a forensicPublished 25th September 2025. Katrina Naomis glorious new suite of poems, dance as if, is at once a celebration of the body and a quest for the euphoria of movement without shame, without self criticism. dance as if follows Katrina's fruitful collaboration with the dancer choreographer Kyra Norman, and Katrina draws on a variety of poetic forms to capture this joyful re engagement with the physical. In these poems Katrina is rediscovering dance in