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A carregar... Dearest Creaturepor Amy Gerstler
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. "...Some of us grow up doing credible impressions of model citizens (though sooner or later hairline cracks appear in our facades). The rest get dubbed eccentrics, unnerved and undone by other people's company, for which we nevertheless pine..." from "For My Niece Sidney, Age Six") Gerstler's poems are witty and surreal. With humor she examines her place in the world as well as observes what others do as well. Her poetry does not judge us on some self-righteous principles, but in sort of the same fond way we remember with a chuckle or a smile what we used to think or do as a child - while still handling very tough themes such as suffering, love, and survival.This collection of poetry takes you through an open letter to her nice about how she already sees her younger self in her; in another poem, furniture and kitchen appliances come to life in order to console the narrator; there is an interview with a dog who explains the mystery as to why right after a bath he feels the need to roll in muck; and a tale about Frankenstein's monster and his wife and how they are getting along. This is a charming collection of poetry; very fun, very modern, and I believe very relevant. Gerstler is really a gem in modern American poetry. Poetry I enjoyed these imaginative, fun poems. Recommended. Here's an example: Advice from a Caterpillar Chew your way into a new world. Munch leaves. Molt. Rest. Molt again. Self reinvention is everything. Spin many nests. Cultivate stinging bristles. Don't get sentimental about your discarded skins. Grow quickly. Develop a yen for nettles. Alternate crumbling and climbing. Rely on your antennae. Sequester poisons in your body for use at a later date. When threatened, emit foul odors in self-defense. Behave cryptically to confuse predators: change colors, spit, or feign death. If all else fails, taste terrible. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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A surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and-blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The second half had some I liked all right. "Untranslatable" slings around old-time sounding cliches to amusing effect (he tried to put the bite on me right there in the speakeasy/for a hundred clams like I would ever have that kind of dough/you can bet your sweet ass I told him where to go). "Mrs. Monster Pens Her Memoirs" about two wounded bodies and souls finding relationship. "Dig", about humanness under profession (That frayed inhalation the microphone picks up,/that amplified fragment of animal gasp//is what gets me: precursor to all creaturely music. and My roaring inner wish/was to dunk his fingers in strong coffee and nibble//them like buttermilk crullers back home. If I'd had/any sense I would have said so in his guttural native tongue.)
1.5 stars for the first half, 3 stars for the second. ( )