Blue Positive

by Martha Silano

A collection of intricately-crafted poems that honestly and movingly address pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum depression, and other aspects of family life.

Genres: Poetry

108 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2006

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book felt really lovely to read, and it was hard to put down, which is a surprising experience of some poetry. Some, I feel I need to pace about, return to later, can pick it up and not have missed much, but this poet's use of the build, sentences that spill and grow and tumble into one another, images and phrases accumulating, propel the reader through the text. I loved the world these poems were steeped in, rich in earth and raw experience. There's an honesty here that I look for in poets whose work I admire; I'm not interested in the distanced narrator or maintaining disconnect. I love a text that is true and that pays attention to the succulence of language. This book is one of those texts.

[Ruby Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

my little face :,)