Time Begins to Hurt by Pippa Little Christine Marendon these poems are haunted by

these poems are haunted by the country’s past and future eras and errors

the perils of dating

good-humoured

Steeped in the richness of Filipino folklore

his anger and his humanity … Full of light and hope … A prodigious talent”

Time Begins to Hurt by Pippa Little Christine Marendon these poems are haunted by"The world of Little's poems is a dark one, for sure, where "the harm the damage" we humans inflict on the environment, on one another is rendered unflinchingly. Her poems about family, for instance, make it clear that 'social distancing' is not just a phenomenon of the past two years. Love is present too, often inextricably bound up with the pain it can cause ("I keep loving you like an old bruise still tender") but expressed in such rich and