Josephine Balmers delicate yet quietly powerful new sonnet sequence traces the devastating impact of the sudden death of her mother. Adopting Balmers characteristic merging of original poetry with classical versioning, Letting Go: Fourteen Mourning Sonnets draws on a variety of sources and inspirations, from Virgils Georgics to Googles Street View. Poignant and passionate, these poems re-enact the crushing pain – and final acceptance – of a bereavement which feels like too little love. Or too much.
