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And Another Thing: Poems

And Another Thing: Poems

Willis, Irene

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $15.95

ISBN10: 1956864474
ISBN13: 9781956864472
Publisher: Ipbooks
Published: Mar 28 2023
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Irene Willis' And Another Thing reminds me of Doctorow's view of poetry as not only something one practices, but as a state of being in which every moment of one's existence is amplified. These are poems that rejoice in the modest happiness of the present while sifting through the past to honor and immortalize, to extract insight and wrestle with the unresolved. Deep loss and illness share the space with the mottled skin of a banana at its peak of ripeness, a trapped mouse, Tasmanian pademelons, spayed dogs, a baseball glove, a piece of toast with jam and butter spread to perfect thickness. Poems braid into a wreath of memory that shimmers with compassion, humor, and sharp honesty, a testament to a life in poetry that has become its own memorable poem.

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