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After his death, a father's request sends the narrator by ferry to visit Ash on an island. The crossing becomes a journey through grief, unfinished conversations, and the belongings and memories that connect the living to the dead.
Translator Elin returns to Bracken Cove after her mother Mara's death and discovers old letters addressed to painter Aris Thorne. Deciphering their language and history forces her to reconsider family memories, grief, and her reasons for leaving.
Translator Elara Maris leaves Lisbon to settle her mother's coastal estate, where ordinary possessions make grief impossible to keep at a distance. Reconnecting with Lydia brings another unfinished part of her past into the decisions surrounding her return.
Returning to an overgrown childhood garden, the speaker compares enduring memories to salt left in the soil. This reflective poem uses decaying roses, dusk, and crystals to consider grief, time, and what remains after familiar beauty fades.
Returning to her old coastal home, Elara finds her mother’s illustrated journal. Framed by her reading, a sequence of tide-pool poems explores maternal hopes and fears, memory, separation, and the enduring pull of the sea.