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The Annie Poems
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ISBN10: 092008091X
ISBN13: 9780920080917
Publisher: Harbour Pub
Published: Jan 1 1987
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780920080917
Publisher: Harbour Pub
Published: Jan 1 1987
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Anne Cameron is well-known for her humourous retellings of North West Coast Indian legends - Daughters of Copper Woman and Dzelarhons. In the present collection of poetry, she enters a darker, more eerie and threatening corner of this world. The Sickness That Has No Name is an exploration of alienation and Indian mysticism, and of a woman's determination to live her own life.
This tone of independence in the face of male dominence continues through the entire book. The section Mother of All names and characterizes the goddesses and women who wielded power and received worship before the rise of patriarchal societies. The litany of names, lost power, and injustice becomes an exhortation to women to regain the strength and independence they have lost.
Annie Poems, the last section of the book, celebrates a collection of friends, family, and lovers who have influenced the poet's life, culminating in a daughter's tribute of love to her mother. Cameron's humour, anger, and energy are in evidence here, as she describes everyday life and the actions people accept as 'normal.'
This tone of independence in the face of male dominence continues through the entire book. The section Mother of All names and characterizes the goddesses and women who wielded power and received worship before the rise of patriarchal societies. The litany of names, lost power, and injustice becomes an exhortation to women to regain the strength and independence they have lost.
Annie Poems, the last section of the book, celebrates a collection of friends, family, and lovers who have influenced the poet's life, culminating in a daughter's tribute of love to her mother. Cameron's humour, anger, and energy are in evidence here, as she describes everyday life and the actions people accept as 'normal.'
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