| We All Reach the Earth by Falling Contributor(s): Kamstra, Bauke (Author) |
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ISBN: 0992509750 ISBN-13: 9780992509750 Publisher: Vine Leaves Press OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 4.37" W x 7" (0.16 lbs) 86 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this stunning collection, Bauke Kamstra has scooped out the hollow of nature and returned with the expressions of its soul. Everywhere the poet looks, he sees acutely: a tree 'has earned/its suffering/and its pieces/falling, ' and of the people who live in its river weathering, Kamstra remembers that 'my mother's accordion/played so/many hymns/but the ecstasy/was all hers.' From the opening poem, in which a woman's washing reveals her violence, to his lament that he is returning with a war poem but not his leg, 'because my leg died there, ' Kamstra reveals himself as a deeply gifted poet. Emily Dickinson would have kept this collection nearby. |