The first thing that struck me was that the author started her book with a quote from Freud; one that states how strange must be when one loses one’s mother. Besides, the book finished in the acknowledgements saying that the volume was dedicated to the memory of her mother. All this said, one can understand that these poems deal with a great sense of loss. That is exactly what we have here. Outstanding and heartbreaking, in my opinion, “Aqua”, “New Project”, “The photo that is most troubling is the one I don’t want to show you” and “Canopy”, this last one with her depiction of a talk between her and some trees which give her instant warmth –unforgettable–. Published by Faber & Faber (2017), this is Berry’s second book.
