Of a Mother

<p>Of a Mother enters the strange time-space continuum of grief that is terminal illness exploring a mother's death from cancer and a daughter's ways of coping. In this linear set of poems everyday objects like pincushions dressing gowns and perfumes become relics; sponge baths cool drinks and hand lotion become sacred offerings; the living mother and the cremation urn are superimposed leaving the bereaved at a crossroads: how to live without a parent.</p>