The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning by Alison Binney

The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning by Alison BinneyIf Swedish death cleaning is the practice of decluttering ones own life, this collection is its opposite. Here, items from a parental home jostle for position chalk, spice jars, a Tupperware Party Susan within and alongside poems that explore both intimacy and loss. It is rich with plants, trees and birds, as well as household objects, but what binds the poems together is a sense of human connection. The poems sing with the same tenderness, vitality