What does it means laboured ease of loss in photograph by shirley?

Answer 1

The poet and her mother seemed to have lost a significant thing or person. In the mother's case it might be a near and dear one and in the poet's case it is her mother's laughter, happiness and joy.

Answer 2

In Shirley's "laboured ease of loss in photograph," the phrase suggests a sense of emotional struggle and poignant feelings of grief or nostalgia captured in a photograph. It conveys a complex mix of emotions where the act of looking at the photograph may seem effortless, but the depth of loss portrayed in the image requires a deeper, more laborious emotional processing.