Passage

by Bianca Bowers

In her second book of poetry, Bianca Bowers deconstructs and redefines her identity beyond the confines of domesticity while exploring her creative voice and searching for an unattainable sense of belonging as an Australian immigrant.

I watch the moon dwarf my bedroom window
and shelter inside a question mark

With a mix of poems that are both surreal and grounded in reality, Bowers shifts between the conscious and subconscious, reality and dreams, as she seeks to find passage in a restless landscape.

When I find my voice, it muzzles the lark's chorus...
my roots shrivel below the heath,
but harebells bloom from my fingertips∼

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Bianca Bowers is an award-winning fiction author and best-selling poetry author. Now based in Australia, she holds a BA with double majors in English and Film/TV/Media Studies, and has authored eight books through her imprints Paperfields Press and Auteur Books: six poetry collections and 2 novels.

Find her at www.biancabowers.com

Reviews

[Shreya Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a collection of poems where the author has try to jot down her personal experience and hardships. The book has been divided into four section - Restless, Friction, Reflection and Passage. Each of them gives a  unique insight of author's journey and feelings. She has talked about immigration and loss in sense of familiarity she faced while moving from South Africa to Australia. The line from the poem Caterpillar "As long as I am made of blood and ribs I can build a life with bone and marrow" touched me. Some of the poems which I loved the most are

Immigrant
Caterpillar
In the End
If I Was A Map

Every one of the poems are deeply touching and shows a lot about author's ingeniousity and command over words. I liked that all the poems gave a sense of personal touch and felt like a journey. The author's art of conveying her feelings through the wordplay of poems is to be admired and praised. One of the key point of the poems were that the language used was simple which I prefer as it doesn't break the flow while reading to look for meaning. The cover of the book is beautiful. Highly recommended..

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