Bereavement in the Arts

Approaching love and loss with poetry

Abstract

The Book of Love and Loss: Poems for today, edited by June Hall and RV Bailey was published in October 2014. In this article the anthology's editors discuss how the book came about, and look at some of the ways contemporary poets have approached the themes of love and loss. Actress Maureen Lipman who lost her husband Jack Rosenthal eleven years ago has written a moving foreword to the collection, also included here.