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Trinity Street: Poems
Heartsick, reverent, irreverent, and quietly political, Trinity Street is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist.
While Trinity Street is in fact an actual street in Vancouver, it is also the site of an imaginary garden and imperfect utopia in the title poem of this new collection. Currin’s poems weave together the meditative and the disruptive, the queer and quotidian, and the worlds of the dead and the living. Connections are made through prayer and protest; friendships are forged on a planet challenged by climate crisis, collective grief, and the perils of late capitalism.
These poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise, startling imagery, the touchstones of a poet whose work critics have described as “thrilling,” “emotionally evocative,” and “revelatory.”
While Trinity Street is in fact an actual street in Vancouver, it is also the site of an imaginary garden and imperfect utopia in the title poem of this new collection. Currin’s poems weave together the meditative and the disruptive, the queer and quotidian, and the worlds of the dead and the living. Connections are made through prayer and protest; friendships are forged on a planet challenged by climate crisis, collective grief, and the perils of late capitalism.
These poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise, startling imagery, the touchstones of a poet whose work critics have described as “thrilling,” “emotionally evocative,” and “revelatory.”
89 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 4, 2023
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February 27, 2024
My favourite poems from Trinity Street:
9 - Gingko Tree
13 - Where Buildings Pose As Mountains
19 - The Convention Is Not Over
23 - Night Train
25 - Periphery
26 - Beggar’s Ocean
28 - Procure
38 - Burnt Fortune Cookie
39 - Come Together
41 - Dear Community
46 - Brackets
47 - In The Cold
48 - Clockwork
55 - In Orange
56 - Mixed Tulip Bouquet
67 - Ascension Academy
68 - Makers of Silver & Gold
70 - Near The Orchard
74 - Twins
75 - The Woods
Favourite Quotes:
i want to walk in the air where nothing is thinking.
everything has a language. if only you’d stop talking long enough to listen.
i am made a little holier with this view to water, this dress of dust turned suit of armour.
bliss has escaped me.
in the afterlife, there is only yesterday.
someone was over and we made coffee & mistakes. we made a lot of mistakes.
green has started talking on trees bare just last week.
for years i lived in that corner with the tender spider until my young nephew taught me how to send a blessing:
“it’s easy. you just think of someone.
then you think of them smiling.”
i never tell anyone where i worship, why or how.
why do you need death to feel empathy?
i’ve learned there are a few things i can’t live without: coffee, books, my body. and friendship, it turns out.
believe the leaves. they’re coming back.
her memory is incredibly bad— that’s how she survives.
9 - Gingko Tree
13 - Where Buildings Pose As Mountains
19 - The Convention Is Not Over
23 - Night Train
25 - Periphery
26 - Beggar’s Ocean
28 - Procure
38 - Burnt Fortune Cookie
39 - Come Together
41 - Dear Community
46 - Brackets
47 - In The Cold
48 - Clockwork
55 - In Orange
56 - Mixed Tulip Bouquet
67 - Ascension Academy
68 - Makers of Silver & Gold
70 - Near The Orchard
74 - Twins
75 - The Woods
Favourite Quotes:
i want to walk in the air where nothing is thinking.
everything has a language. if only you’d stop talking long enough to listen.
i am made a little holier with this view to water, this dress of dust turned suit of armour.
bliss has escaped me.
in the afterlife, there is only yesterday.
someone was over and we made coffee & mistakes. we made a lot of mistakes.
green has started talking on trees bare just last week.
for years i lived in that corner with the tender spider until my young nephew taught me how to send a blessing:
“it’s easy. you just think of someone.
then you think of them smiling.”
i never tell anyone where i worship, why or how.
why do you need death to feel empathy?
i’ve learned there are a few things i can’t live without: coffee, books, my body. and friendship, it turns out.
believe the leaves. they’re coming back.
her memory is incredibly bad— that’s how she survives.
February 14, 2023
ARC given by Edelweiss+ for Honest Review
A very lyrical and metaphor rich collection of poetry. Some may get bogged down in the abundant use of imagery, poetry regulars will be enchanted by Currins' skill with metaphor and meter.
My favorite poems are: "Ear, Nose, and Throat", "Come Together", and "In The Cold."
A very lyrical and metaphor rich collection of poetry. Some may get bogged down in the abundant use of imagery, poetry regulars will be enchanted by Currins' skill with metaphor and meter.
My favorite poems are: "Ear, Nose, and Throat", "Come Together", and "In The Cold."
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