ouchi_ee's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
5.0
My favourite poet, his best work in my opinion. A beautiful set of elegies dedicated to his wife and her death/battle with illness. Cant praise him enough.
casparb's review
A highly accomplished work and ! an Incredibly painful read. One for tears
Published in the 80s which is often referred to as a 'poetic drought' in British poetry as a good deal of the modernist crowd went ahead and died (oddly I find this 'drought' to refer primarily to English poets as Scottish poets were productive and effective as ever, minus the death of Sydney G). These are elegies for his wife lost to cancer at 37 and it's, hitting like that. They're not poems desperate to shatter every formal barrier but they are earnest and I'll find some more Douglas soon because this was subtle but honest with brilliance.
Published in the 80s which is often referred to as a 'poetic drought' in British poetry as a good deal of the modernist crowd went ahead and died (oddly I find this 'drought' to refer primarily to English poets as Scottish poets were productive and effective as ever, minus the death of Sydney G). These are elegies for his wife lost to cancer at 37 and it's, hitting like that. They're not poems desperate to shatter every formal barrier but they are earnest and I'll find some more Douglas soon because this was subtle but honest with brilliance.
shainas's review
5.0
This is a beautiful book chronicling the end of Dunn's wife sickness and the mourning that comes after she dies. It's beautiful and compact. Somehow his grief is both understandable and vibrant.
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