Possibility of Flight

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 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.

Featured in the 11 January 2016 New Zealand Newsletter.
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