Ali Whitelock: and my heart crumples like a coke can

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…