I stumbled upon Jorie Graham from the book This Divided Island, where the author quotes her, aiding the reader in understanding the magnitude of destruction the civil war in Sri Lanka had caused. I wish I could persuade you to regard death as casually as we do over here. In the heat of it you expect it, you are expecting it, you are not surprised
by anything anymore...
-- Spoken from the Hedgegrows
I'm reading her collection of poems, Erosion, right now. My experience with poetry is limited and this collection has given me a new outlook with regard to what is possible through poetry.
I wish I could persuade you to regard death
as casually as we do over here. In the heat of it
you expect it, you are expecting it, you are not surprised
by anything anymore...
-- Spoken from the Hedgegrows
I'm reading her collection of poems, Erosion, right now. My experience with poetry is limited and this collection has given me a new outlook with regard to what is possible through poetry.