Katie Ford’s Heartbreaking Sonnets Strike a Chord

Katie Ford’s latest collection of poems are haunted by the dissolution of her marriage.by Robert HamThere’s a shadow looming over If You Have to Go—the poignantly titled and brilliant collection of poetry from Katie Ford—and it’s the dissolution of Ford’s marriage. Each poem within the collection is either softly shaded by the event or completely subsumed in its darkness.She grasps for meaning in small objects, flickering moments of peace amid the pain, and co