To My Father

Manchester in 1948 and died in 2012, aged sixty-three. She had one daughter from her marriage. She was a teacher of English until her retirement due to lupus. Alison gained an MA in creative writing from Lancaster University and was a prolific writer of poetry and short stories from childhood onwards. These have appeared in various publications. Her anthology of poetry was published by the National Poetry Foundation. The poem “To my father” first appeared in a book called The Common Thread published by Mandarin.