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The Perfume of Pain

The Perfume of Pain

Rhodes, Suzanne Underwood

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1639806113
ISBN13: 9781639806119
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: Jul 24 2024
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Just as perfume is the distilled essence of fragrant oils, the poems in this new collection by Suzanne Underwood Rhodes are products of a sensitive poet's capturing the essence of what it means to love, to lose, and to grieve. And just as perfume's fragrance lingers long after being dabbed on the wrists, Rhodes reminds us that the sharpness of loss lingers long after the death of a loved one. The remembrance comes in 'the pungence / of one crushed clove, ' in 'the rough liturgy of a rooster crowing nearby, ' and in cemetery tracks 'where a deer favored / [my husband's] grave on the way to somewhere' and is endured-as only those who mourn can truly know-in the secret sharing of support groups where grievers 'don't have to show our requisite faces, / those we wear in the crowd that expects, / needs us to be fine for their sake.' Like the ache in the superbly crafted 'Milk from the Moon' ('small' and 'raw'), the short, tightly compressed poems here reveal a poet brave in her vulnerability and unflinchingly honest in her emotions.

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