Forgetting my Father by Jill Abram John Greening ordinary inhabitants of a great

ordinary inhabitants of a great city and beyond

writing with passion of the Welsh language and identity for which she campaigns

Transformational and challenging

‘if any contemporary poet can be said to be essential

German poet Nora Gomringer is here translated into English for the first time by Scottish poet and editor Annie Rutherford

Forgetting my Father by Jill Abram John Greening ordinary inhabitants of a greatJill Abrams Forgetting my Father is a poignant portrait of family life and a daughters bond with her ailing father. Abrams poetry is warm and gentle, keeping a space for the moment: I remember Dad when he still remembered me. Abram writes of love, hope and loss in tender and neatly observed poems, which, in the words of Dylan Thomas: rage against the dying of the light. PRAISE for Forgetting My Father: Jill Abram's poetry is richly detailed, precious