<p>Maurice Hewlett's 'The Village Wife's Lament' stands as an emotive narrative poem deriving its poignant impact from the intersecting personal and collective grief experienced by a war-widowed woman in the aftermath of World War I. Hewlett's literary acumen is palpable as he weaves the lament with a lyrical delicacy that is both haunting and profoundly moving, his diction painting the visceral reality of loss on a stark canvas that transcends t...