Lee Ann Roripaugh
Auteur de Beyond Heart Mountain: Poems (National Poetry Series)
Œuvres de Lee Ann Roripaugh
South Dakota Review, vol. 55, nos. 1 & 2 1 exemplaire
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The theme here is the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and I found many poignant poems in this volume that reminded me of Lucy Birmingham's history and narrative of the 2011 event, [b:Strong in the Rain: Surviving Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster|13539076|Strong in the Rain Surviving Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Nuclear Disaster|Lucy Birmingham|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1361026407l/13539076._SY75_.jpg|19101428], another book that I strongly recommend.
Roripaugh explores the disaster from many perspectives, often comparing the tsunami to an animal or personifying the tsunami. Below are some lines from the first poem in the book.
Ontology of a tsunami
awoken venom
cobra come uncharmed
glittering rush
of fanged lightning
that strikes
and strikes again
tsunami has no name
call her scalded splash
of tea jarred from
a broken cup's cracked glaze...
In a poem called Radioactive Man a middle aged man takes care of his elderly parents by moving them out of the prefecture when the reactor melts down but goes back and stays at his home to rescue and take care of animals left behind and the family home. He is not welcome outside of his home area and regularly shunned, thought reporters come to interview him occasionally. In the final stanzas of the poem he compares himself to Dr. Manhattan:
"...in the American Watchmen comics,
Dr. Manhattan was once tricked
into believing he'd given everyone
he ever loved cancer, through
exposure to his radioactive body
just the thought of this undid him,
made him feel so solitary and blue
he left the earth behind for eons,
to brood in exile on the moon."
Certainly he is referring as much to himself as he is to Dr. Manhattan.
Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. A fine little book of poetry with many heartbreaking and well written poems that only touch the surface of this disaster.… (plus d'informations)