Unexpectedly, Christopher Arksey's poems in 'Variety Turns' provide a distinctive take on mourning, capturing personal and shared experiences surrounding the loss of the poet's mother with emotional depth and verbal finesse.
His poems, specifically 'Ceremony,' navigate the elegiac genre by embracing the memory of the deceased's typical activities, showcasing a blend of grief's intensity and life's ongoing humor and understatement.
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