A novelist daughter writes about the passing of her poet father
“Who’d have guessed this time with Dad as he’s dying – the four of us, together again – could be so ineffably precious. A final wild gift he gives us.” Melbourne-based author Myfanwy Jones, writing in The Guardian, recounts the time spent with her father during his last days.
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