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Bonfire
Poetry. "BONFIRE is a passionate, controlled book by an extraordinary poet. First is evident the lucidity of intelligence; then the radiance; and finally the sheer power"--Josephine Jacobsen. "From deep places, these poems allow things to well memory, love, fear, and a sense of how our individual natures belong to the same great nature which keeps pushing life forward out of death.... In 'Lot's Wife' and other poems, Gilbert reinvents mythology, bringing it closer to the realities we recognize"--Alicia Ostriker.
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71 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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November 28, 2017
Heavy subject material interspersed with lighter fare. Evocative scene setting in many of the pieces. Highlights:
"The Cow" - witnessing the birth of a calf
"Storm Watch" - observations inside and outside as a storm rolls in
"Clyde" - on the suicide childhood classmate
"Moving In" - cleaning out her father's house after his death
"Lot's Wife" - longest piece in the collection; biblical story if Sodom and Gomorrah juxtaposed with destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"The Cow" - witnessing the birth of a calf
"Storm Watch" - observations inside and outside as a storm rolls in
"Clyde" - on the suicide childhood classmate
"Moving In" - cleaning out her father's house after his death
"Lot's Wife" - longest piece in the collection; biblical story if Sodom and Gomorrah juxtaposed with destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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