The Work of Mourning, by Cork poet laureate William Wall

In the final poem of William Wall's tenure, he reflects on the difficulties of the past two years and our emergence from the pandemic 

William Wall, Cork Poet Laureate. Picture: Denis Minihane

In memory of all the dead of the pandemic

 ‘Everything happened too quickly: like a race to death that left us only enough time to pass and wave to each other…’ Jacques Derrida, The Work of Mourning