UNCOMMON GRAMMAR CLOTH

by Cheryl Pallant

This series of experimental poems—written in continuous prose-like paragraphs but with the rhythmic attentiveness of the finest verse - allows the ever-shifting present to emerge like various threads of a fabric in the making. Economic, political, and poetic subjects weave through the text, delivering meanings on one page that are unraveled on the next. Familiar word patterns transmute suddenly with an associative leap or syntactic twist or a play on sound, enacting the sense of the body in motion, the self seeking the other, or catching glimpses of the divine.

88 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Cheryl Pallant is an award winning author, poet, Reiki and Healing Touch practitioner, somaticist, and dancer. Her newest book is Ecosomatics: Embodied Practices For a World in Search of Healing. She has published several poetry books, a memoir on living in South Korea, and nonfiction books on dance, writing, somatics, and consciousness. As a coach and workshop facilitator, she assists folks in increasing body awareness, healing, and inspiring creative expression. She offers her popular workshop, Writing From the Body.

Reviews

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

i can't do the beat stream of consciousness thing right now.