<p>Alison Lock's new collection <em>Thrift</em> grows out of a very sad place where her 'communing in slow grief' for the earth and its vanishing creatures is as painful as a personal bereavement. The collection's poems are grouped into three sections: <em>Rue</em><em> Thrift</em> and <em>Sage -</em> herbal names which suggest a spiritual journey from despair through frugal sustainability to a potentially more hopeful future.&nbsp;</p>