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Chaos & Calm
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781956285765
Publisher: Poetry Box
Published: Nov 15 2024
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In both subject matter and style, Angelika Quirk's new poetry book ranges far and wide-from her childhood experiences in war-torn Hamburg playing in the rubble of hollow houses, to the delights and perils of love, to the wit of the latest offerings in imagery, as in Body Parts Galore -souls on sale/ some lighter than air/ some thinner than sin.
We follow the lead of her lyrical voice through a dreamscape that includes Valkyries, an escape artist, a bearded monk, a Derwish dancer, a camel spitting into the sinking sun and a kleptomaniac squinting at the hologram of her elusive mind.
She writes about the inequalities of the human condition: the war in Ukraine Lacrimosa-Weeping, children separated from families at the Mexican border, and refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea-A child's body washes ashore./ His father clutching him./ His eyes turning east toward Mecca. The poet doesn't just brush against the surface of things, but delves into the complexity beneath, If I could give up the fear of falling, / of drowning, I could dive down/ into your murky depth....
Looming over this collection is a menacing past, both personal and historical: the poet surviving war and famine, hiding in bomb-shelters, yet as a teenager dancing in operas and ballets, she keeps her balance with style and verve. In her poem They Are Dancing her final words:
They touch the sun, then dance on ashes, practicing the graceful ways of angels. They dance on shards of a broken world. They dance.
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