Grief’s Alphabet Michael O'Dea we begin to see that

we begin to see that whatever happens in old age

Patsy makes a Covid-y journey back to her hometown and touches on unpleasant memories of the past

“Kipling Plass” introduces us to a teenager abandoned by his mother after her mental breakdown

and a language justice feature on the hunt for the Gaelic for ‘apricot’

economic and political upheaval

Grief’s Alphabet Michael O'Dea we begin to see thatGriefs Alphabet by Carrie Etter is a shattering elegy for the poets mother, opening a pathway through grief in spite of the impossible task of expressing such a loss. Beginning both chronologically and alphabetically, the collection moves from early life with the narrators adoption, through to the mothers unexpected death and the banal yet painful tasks which follow, such as sorting clothes and arranging the funeral. The final section deals with life