Approaching Sabbaths: Poems

by Jennifer Rahim

Drawing on a powerful sense of Trinidadian history and moving seamlessly between matters of family and matters of country, Jennifer Rahim’s confessional and sensitive poems explore the threats and realities of fragmentationof psyche’s, of family, and of a nation. With a balance of personal trauma, misery, and death with the cool, reflective nature of poetry, these pieces touch on topics such as family relationships and secrets, gender, abuse, and a troubled, fragile Caribbean.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009