Pascale has published five poetry collections including What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo, shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize, and The Huntress and The Zoo Father, which were also both shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. Pascale was originally an artist and trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art. She was selected as one of the Next Generation Poets in 2004, has been shortlisted for a Forward Prize and won numerous awards, including three from Arts Council England. She teaches at Tate Modern.