The second in Five Leaves’ series of debut poetry pamphlets by
East Midlands writers.
Remembering includes poems based on the few facts Julie
Gardner knows about the early life of her mother, who died
suddenly at the age of forty-seven. These poems are fictional yet
symphonic in their scope and show how a whole life story can be
built up from the simple knowledge of a person’s existence. A
second sequence, about Julie’s husband, Arthur, who died in 2008,
is very real, raw yet tender and full of blessings.
These poems are written by a grandmother in the hope that her
granddaughters will read them and know that she loved and was
loved. Read in combination, the stand-alone poems and the two
sequences shine with that love.