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The poems about Greenlaw’s father and his dementia were beautiful and stark, filled with such vivid imagery. Some of the later poems, about varied subjects, did not appeal to me as much.
I read this collection three times over the last week to cement and confirm my thoughts on this book. The poems (particularly those of the first half) are so personal it feels in poor taste to even critique it, positively or negatively. Greenlaw illustrates her father’s dementia, and captures a fading quality in her poems. Most are very brief, and I couldn’t detect whether they were told in a linear sequence or dabbled in a strange in-between stage that felt timeless and endless simultaneously,
The first part of this book charts the deterioration of her father (due to dementia), and the second part is her dealing with her grief for him. It can seem a deceptive book, in that it uses very simple language to convey its feelings, but that is what makes it so effective, in my opinion.
The first half of these that are focused on her father's dementia are incredibly raw and emotional, plus they feed into each other in a way that feels very cohesive. Whilst the latter half has less cohesion, it had more poems I could connect to personally. My favourites were Yellow, Lichen and Men I Have Heard In The Night.
A moving collection about Greenlaw’s father’s dementia and the grief that follows after a loved one’s death.The first part is so personal that it feels intrusive somehow to discuss it for too long. It was beautiful, put simply. There was a timeless sense to it which mirrored her father’s own understanding of the world, and the anticipation of his “leaving” is painfully sad.The second part, while not quite as solid as the first, is still phenomenal. It has an almost metaphysical feel to it, and h...
Quietly devastating. Full of extraordinary striking images.
This is a very moving collection, specifically the poems exploring her relationship with her father and their shared experiences of his dementia. As a poet she feels so genuine and full of integrity. I am so taken by her writing and by her as a person whenever I listen to her being interviewed.
