Ali Whitelock: and my heart crumples like a coke can

Jan 22, 2019

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and my heart crumples like a coke can

Ali Whitelock

Wakefield Press

I finished reading Ali Whitelock’s poetry volume the day I heard of Mary Oliver’s passing. I had been savouring the pages of “coke can”, taking my time, reading no more than four poems in a sitting; deep stories, they require a lot of you (in the best possible way), they sit with you…

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