Missing: Poems by Beverly Rycroft

by Beverly Rycroft

In 1997 Beverly Rycroft was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. The poems in her debut collection, Missing, chart the experience of facing mortality, illness and the hope of recovery.

Genres: Poetry

85 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 30, 2010

About the author

Beverly Rycroft was born in the Eastern Cape. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a teacher for several years before turning full time to writing and journalism. Her articles have been published widely both locally and internationally. Her poems have been published in local literary magazines such as Carapace, New Coin and scrutiny2. She lives in Cape Town with her family. Missing is her first collection of poems.

Reviews

[Hecate · Rating 5 out of 5]

A series of poems that fashion an exquisite memoir, centering on the author's experience of breast cancer. Candid, unsentimental, angry, funny, the entire range of emotion laid down with precision and in luminous words. Worthy winner of the Ingrid Jonker award.