The Tuesday Poem this week is "Grave secrets" by
Helen Bascand, selected by Andrew Bell:
Andrew
says about this poem and about Helen, who passed away in April:
I thought that this week I would like to honour one of the
stalwarts of Christchurch's, Canterbury's and New Zealand's poetry scenes,
Helen Bascand, who recently passed away on 27 April 2015.
I hope that no readers will think my choice of poem by Helen morbid, given her recent death, but I think this poem is beautiful and it has a very hopeful thread running through it. It speaks of a life well led, full and pleasurable, rich and robust with many pleasant memories of love and beauty. I think this poem captures Helen's voice so well because her poetry was laden with beauty and grace.
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