Okapi by Fiona Moore Abigail Parry Ghost reassures us that it’s

Ghost reassures us that it’s heartbreaking to be human

six pomegranate seeds eaten by mistake

This collection is an awakening that presents the reality of loss through poems that powerfully translate a mother's emotional strife alongside her lived experience

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Okapi by Fiona Moore Abigail Parry Ghost reassures us that it’sFiona Moore asks am I really here in gaelic they say in an island not on it and, as readers, we might begin preparing ourselves for an immersive experience. Okapi is a single, book length poem, set mostly on (in!) a Hebridean island during the pandemic. Moores rich descriptions recreate the island as a living protagonist: the subject of reflection, memory, destruction, loss (symbolised by the rare okapi, a favourite animal in her childhood zoo),