Another Word For Home is Blackbird

In Another Word for Home is Blackbird, Catherine Wilson Garry examines the nature of solace and escapism from grief and loss. Through retracing her personal losses, people-watching, magpies and olive oil offer small moments of transformational joy. Objects and belongings are also given a poetic power: binoculars, shoes, books and flowers help bring the deceased back to life – both in memory and on the page. Wilson Garry explores grief and loss on a wider, political scale, including examinations of climate change, industrial action, isolation – advocating for a world where happiness thrives.

Reviews of Another Word For Home is Blackbird

Heather Parry: “These are poems that talk of grief with hope, of home with a sense of adventure, of the future with determination. Catherine is an enormously exciting new voice on the Scottish literary scene; what a joy to see her fly.”

Nadine Aisha Jassat: “Beautiful and complex poems which powerfully explore grief and belonging, and find deep meaning grounded in the everyday. Another Word For Home Is Blackbird Is as intricate and gentle as a the wings of the birds which fly through its pages, Wilson Garry’s words and attention lifting up each poem and setting them free to soar.”