Stranger
A mother's illness and death is only the beginning of the story of STRANGER. This is a death whose presence and particulars are inscribed. We feel from all angles, as Sims's quicksilver narrative moves through a mother's life and its incompletion, apprehension of death, and the adult child's attempts at comprehension. In the end is a hopeful hopelessness approaching Eternity.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1934200239
ISBN13:9781934200230
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Fence Books
Length:77 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 7.8"
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The poetic story reaches beyond earthly life into the theme of an afterlife
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Prize-winning poet and writing teacher Laura Sims presents Stranger, her second collection of free-verse poems. The poetry weaves a complex narrative about a mother who falls ill and dies too young; her surviving child must work through guilt. What is a mother, truly, after she has passed on? The poetic story reaches beyond earthly life into the theme of an afterlife, in this unforgettably poignant collection. "Wherever we went the mountains followed": You shuffled behind / In your long pearl dress, ridiculous / Lily / Pinned to your chest / Come on / The mountains are gaining / Have eyes / For those flimsy white curtains.
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