Phoebe Hesketh

Phoebe Hesketh (1909 – 2005) was an English poet born in Lancashire. Her early work focuses on the natural world but in later life she turned to themes of change, loss and aging. She published 16 collections in the course of her life, the last of which was A Box of Silver Birch (Enitharmon Press,1997). She also worked as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News.