| #1072077 in Books | McClelland n Stewart | 2001-04-17 | 2001-04-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.47 x.29 x5.39l,.30 | File type: PDF | 104 pages | ||3 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| I love poetry, but .............................|By A Customer|I love poetry; all types of poetry. I am neither offended by 'free verse' nor bored by rhyme. I do, however, need verse that is intelligible. I gave this 2 stars because there were just a few poems in the book that were interesting. Realizing that I do not share a cultural or racial history with Ms Goodison, there m|From Publishers Weekly|Jamaican poet Goodison's seventh collection roots itself not only in the lush landscapes and turbulent history of the Caribbean, but in far-flung poetic territories like Ann Arbor and Rio de Janeiro; Yeats's Sligo, Wordsworth's Westmorelan
At the heart of acclaimed poet Lorna Goodison’s seventh book of poetry – her first published in Canada – is music, moving from a slow ska, a hard rocksteady, and a sweetie-come-brush-me bossanova, to line and sight gratitude psalms, lionheart outlaw anthems, and Miles Davis, blown by the winds to a concert in Berlin. Many of the poems are about those not heard or less counted, those who live in places like the favelas of Rio or the Kingston slum called ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Travelling Mercies | Lorna Goodison. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.