"Freefall" was written as a eulogy to Francis's friend who died in a parachute accident.

Francis remembers moments from their friendship and imagines his friend at peace as he dies.

[4] "Mere" is dedicated to the poet John Barnie, the title comes from an Old English word for pond.

[2] It received overall positive reviews in various literary publications and was praised by fellow poet Sheenagh Pugh.

[5] Sophie Baggott writing for the Wales Art Review criticised Wing for its near total lack of female characters, all the poets Francis mentions or references are male and there is only one brief mention of a woman in the whole text.