A long way down

Elizabeth Flanagan is moved by a new poetry book

'...a wonderful simile of the inevitability of tides destroying the children’s sandcastles.' | Photo: Belinda Novika / flickr CC.

The title poem of Averil Stedeford’s The Long Way Down: Poems of Grief and Hope sets the tone for this recently published collection of poetry. It is simple, explicit and accessible, yet contains personal and poignant truths.

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