Helen Ivory
![Photo showing a jumble of children's plastic dolls in a state of disrepair.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Wunderkammer-by-Helen-Ivory-cover-320x225.jpg)
Curiosities for the curious
Clare Best reviews Wunderkammer by Helen Ivory (MadHat Press, 2023)
![The Friday Poem 'The End of the Pier Show' by Helen Ivory](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-End-of-the-Pier-Show-320x225.jpg)
The End of the Pier Show
by Helen Ivory — Roll up roll up ladies and gentlemen / for this once in a lifetime, once in a deathtime experience / coming to your town for one night only / this five-ring circus of mythic proportions! // Take off
![photo of Helen Ivory looking up at the sky wearing a black top with a little lacy white collar, red earrings, red lippy and black sunglasses, against buildings. Definitely a foxy rockabilly vibe going on here.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web_helenivory-320-255-1-320x225.jpg)
Wild Hearted Woman
Feature: Helen Ivory writes on belonging, identity and finding a voice, and wonders whether hers has a Luton accent