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Soul Mouth: Poems

Marilyn Bowering

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Description:Through evocative storytelling and stylish prose, this collection of poetry explores the story of childhood and the development of observation, sexuality, and spirituality through their connections to the animal world and nature. Nostalgic scenes are depicted through the lens of religion, dreams, and the dangerously unpredictable development of the young soul. Eloquent yet concise, these poems skillfully navigate the suffering, enchantments, and revelations of youth.“Marilyn Bowering’s work has been important to me for years: its questing intelligence, its insistence on the truth of emotion. She is capable of the long look, which sees through time and artifice, to the bottom of the pool.”—Jan Zwicky, author of Forge and Songs for Relinquishing the Earth “The poems emerge, often, from childhood, almost pre-childhood… Walls fall, identities shift, and something is walking through the snow just outside the window. There’s nothing soft or precious here, just a tough, wide-awake daring.” —Patrick Friesen, author of Dark Boat and The Shunning “Here is a compelling mix of the mystical and the precise, the earthly and the other-worldly. When I read these poems I feel I have come home to a place I’ve never been before.” —Susan Musgrave, author of Origami Dove and Obituary of Light“The continuity between the living and the dead comes up repeatedly, not only with respect to loved ones the poet has lost but also, in a collective sense, our connection to antiquity (elements of fairy tales, folklore and mythology echo throughout the collection). Doors are another recurring motif, perhaps as a symbolic reminder that the ordinary can serve as a threshold onto another reality. There’s a crisp, luminous clarity to Bowering’s language, whether she’s describing birds “small as pull knobs” or a dreamlike vision in which desire takes the shape of a fish, “like a small cache of silver.” But there’s also depth to that beguiling simplicity. On one level, the following lines describe setting off on a journey. Read them as an allegory of life itself, however, and they are both powerful and poignant — and indicative of this collection’s reach:I must put on my shoes,pick up the bag by my side;I must remember who I have to meetand when; time is passing.” The Toronto Star*“In Soul Mouth a child bargains with imagined death or evil: "What can they want/ with my small soul?" When the soul mouth breathes in, "loveliness goes" and when it breathes out, "Blossoms/ arc the walls." And where does the poetic voice exist in this balancing act? "I rest in the pause between -/ never awake, never asleep."In Prayer Room, "In the night, when the sky holes open/ and flights of crows dismember the planets -/ when everyone is gone -/ I know what death is." But she also knows her "dear ones ... want my soul to be saved."Then, amid talking of Scheherazade the storyteller, Plato the teacher, and the precursor to Adam who had to name all the creatures in the "Time of Reptiles," Bowering makes frequent mention of the futility of poetry. In Space Talk she asks, "Is it poetry to talk/ when nobody listens?" and in How many times, King Midas, remarks, "Everyone knows a poem has no intrinsic worth." But, in Why are you here, my students? she urges them to throw themselves into creation so strongly that they can ignore the deprivations of the body as they make art. But understand, she closes in another poem, "We are safe, dear ones, as long as we know/ the world is an experiment/ in which no one is sure of the outcome."What a marvellous journey of both body and soul is this book.” Star PhoenixWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soul Mouth: Poems. To get started finding Soul Mouth: Poems, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Through evocative storytelling and stylish prose, this collection of poetry explores the story of childhood and the development of observation, sexuality, and spirituality through their connections to the animal world and nature. Nostalgic scenes are depicted through the lens of religion, dreams, and the dangerously unpredictable development of the young soul. Eloquent yet concise, these poems skillfully navigate the suffering, enchantments, and revelations of youth.“Marilyn Bowering’s work has been important to me for years: its questing intelligence, its insistence on the truth of emotion. She is capable of the long look, which sees through time and artifice, to the bottom of the pool.”—Jan Zwicky, author of Forge and Songs for Relinquishing the Earth “The poems emerge, often, from childhood, almost pre-childhood… Walls fall, identities shift, and something is walking through the snow just outside the window. There’s nothing soft or precious here, just a tough, wide-awake daring.” —Patrick Friesen, author of Dark Boat and The Shunning “Here is a compelling mix of the mystical and the precise, the earthly and the other-worldly. When I read these poems I feel I have come home to a place I’ve never been before.” —Susan Musgrave, author of Origami Dove and Obituary of Light“The continuity between the living and the dead comes up repeatedly, not only with respect to loved ones the poet has lost but also, in a collective sense, our connection to antiquity (elements of fairy tales, folklore and mythology echo throughout the collection). Doors are another recurring motif, perhaps as a symbolic reminder that the ordinary can serve as a threshold onto another reality. There’s a crisp, luminous clarity to Bowering’s language, whether she’s describing birds “small as pull knobs” or a dreamlike vision in which desire takes the shape of a fish, “like a small cache of silver.” But there’s also depth to that beguiling simplicity. On one level, the following lines describe setting off on a journey. Read them as an allegory of life itself, however, and they are both powerful and poignant — and indicative of this collection’s reach:I must put on my shoes,pick up the bag by my side;I must remember who I have to meetand when; time is passing.” The Toronto Star*“In Soul Mouth a child bargains with imagined death or evil: "What can they want/ with my small soul?" When the soul mouth breathes in, "loveliness goes" and when it breathes out, "Blossoms/ arc the walls." And where does the poetic voice exist in this balancing act? "I rest in the pause between -/ never awake, never asleep."In Prayer Room, "In the night, when the sky holes open/ and flights of crows dismember the planets -/ when everyone is gone -/ I know what death is." But she also knows her "dear ones ... want my soul to be saved."Then, amid talking of Scheherazade the storyteller, Plato the teacher, and the precursor to Adam who had to name all the creatures in the "Time of Reptiles," Bowering makes frequent mention of the futility of poetry. In Space Talk she asks, "Is it poetry to talk/ when nobody listens?" and in How many times, King Midas, remarks, "Everyone knows a poem has no intrinsic worth." But, in Why are you here, my students? she urges them to throw themselves into creation so strongly that they can ignore the deprivations of the body as they make art. But understand, she closes in another poem, "We are safe, dear ones, as long as we know/ the world is an experiment/ in which no one is sure of the outcome."What a marvellous journey of both body and soul is this book.” Star PhoenixWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soul Mouth: Poems. To get started finding Soul Mouth: Poems, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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