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Louise Boddy

Louise BoddyLouise Boddy is from Buckinghamshire, England. A novice writer, this poem is one of many written in the wake of her daughter Hannah’s death at the end of last year. She died suddenly at the age of 27 from SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) and since then, writing has become a way of dealing with the unbearable.


Poetry has become the place where Louise can find solace and peace as she strives to give shape to the most awful pain. Her writing is raw, honest and from the heart.
Loss of Child

A mother bereft

Motherhood – the anticipation, the excitement, the butterflies in the tummy developing into a foot here, an elbow there. From the moment you began to

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October 12, 2026
Coping With Grief

The sheer weight of it

I am trying to learn how to carry this grief.It is oppressive and unyielding and I want to be free of it.Can you take it

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February 18, 2026