Born in Leicestershire of Welsh parents in 1947, D. A. Prince has been placing poems in a wide range of poetry journals in both Britain and the USA for over a decade. Her prize-winning light verse is equally well-known to readers of The New Statesman and The Spectator. Whether teasing or troubling her reader, her instinct for the music of natural speech underpins every line. Nearly the Happy Hour is her first full-length collection. It’s also the first (but hopefully not the last) book-length poetry collection from HappenStance. But it’s going to be a hard act to follow....