L Kiew and Linda France share a selection of their poems reflecting on the power and resilience of the natural world. Kiew is Chinese-Malaysian, and her work has explored the lasting effects of European colonialism in south-east Asia, and her first full collection, More than weeds, brings her concerns around borders and belonging into focus with the histories of migration and horticultural colonialism in her multiple homes. The author of ten poetry collections, France’s poetry has long been rooted in botanical questions, and her most recent collection, Startling, comes from a two-year residency with Newcastle University as Climate Writer.

L Kiew’s debut pamphlet The Unquiet was published by Offord Road Books in 2019. Her first collection, More than Weeds, is published by Nine Arches Press in February 2023. Linda France won the 2022 Laurel Prize with The Knucklebone Floor (Smokestack 2022). She was named inaugural Environmental Poet of the Year 2022-23 in the Michael Marks Awards.