Christopher Reid

Don't know what to say.

It gets all the emotions, appears simple but has many layers and much depth. A masterful collection.

I'm sure I'll come back to reread this many times.

Short and poignant.
Wish I could find the BBC proms version of it online somewhere.

Dull and way too wordy, though there were one or two really good poems hidden in the mix - they should have been given a much better chance to breathe. Actually by the time I'd finished the collection I really hated the woman he wrote it for, I have to say, so obviously that aspect of it didn't work for me, as surely she can't have been that irritating!

If you want top-class poetry of grief, then you're much better off with Hardy.