Nomadic Foundations

by Sandra Meek

Book by Sandra Meek

80 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I tended to gravitate toward the poems in the collection that were more narrative, less impressionistic. Two poems I'll certainly return to: "Refugee," for the striking turn it takes and the way the speaker implicates herself for wanting to retain a kind of romanticized, distant view of violence; and "The Library," for how it draws on various other sources (including Marianne Moore's "The Pangolin" and what appear to be instructions from a severe schoolmaster) to suggest how violence and the abuse of power can become seductive.