Possibility of flight
by Heidi North-Bailey
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Possibility of flight feels like a path through personal history as Heidi¿s family and friends walk through it in turns. Old loves return in `Too long in Wellington¿ and `If I could take you there¿, and friends are revisited in `Wicked Things¿. Four generations make themselves present, from the grandparents in `The departed¿ and `The Women¿, to fathers and mothers in `Secrets¿ and `My father is Santa¿, until finally the collection ends with a new generation, your small heart / beats show more a small song / the sound of tiny / firecrackers exploding. The people that inhabit the poetry give life to it and help the poet to recreate and relive the past. show lessTags
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I really enjoyed this debut collection from Heidi North-Bailey, whose mainly personal poems are economical, witty, and make really good use of their short lines and stanzas. The subject matter is not new - relationships, "the big OE" - but it's expressed very well.
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