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Chargement... Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrancepar Elizabeth Gauffreau
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. Disclaimer: I received a copy of this work as a Member Giveaway. No other compensation was received other than the chance to read this work.This is a short collection of poems dedicated to several deceased members of the author's family. Each poem is short, poignant and clearly as heartfelt as the images they are paired with (or inspired by). Recommended for those who are looking for a gift to give in a time of solace, poetry lovers and those who enjoy a quick but pithy read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance is not a panacea for pain, but a baptism in the waters of love that allows the author's memories of her beloved father to wash over her and her readers.Immersion in these pieces provides an evocative experience that needs no familiarity with Gauffreau's situation or a family member's death to prove accessible. "Poetry has no say in the matter" of death, Gauffreau acknowledges from the beginning. What it can do is capture those moments in time which have become the past...moments of realization, remembrance, and transformation that crystallize and hold experiences suspended, much as a once-living figure in amber that's represented for all time (or, in this case, as long as this celebration remains in print).Color and black and white family photos personalize these words, emphasizing and capturing the presence of mothers, daughters, and family as they consider the lives and pasts of a mother and father who are now gone. As much as grief is embedded in these poems, so are family connections, pivot points in the growth of a child that are captured in family portraits and poetic notes, and the interpersonal relationships that remain timeless.What is anticipated to be a series of sorrows and grief thus becomes a celebration, as well, honoring those departed who have shaped the author's life in so many ways.The child's-eye viewpoint incorporated into many of these works and the hindsight of wisdom and longing of the present day weave poem/stories that are succinct and vivid: "silly school project/cardboard box, green poster paint/George's time machine/trips through time at his command/if only he had kept it".The result is a collection born from grief which ultimately rests firmly on a lifetime of memories and bittersweet blends of recollection and loss. By "indulging childhood foibles," these memories bring home, in free verse recollections, the entirety of the family system of support, love, and experience which the author and her readers can grasp as legacies of the past and touchstones for the present.Poetry readers willing to walk the road of grief and family connections will find Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance a psychological treasure trove. It's a very accessible poetic tribute that brings with it something to hold onto-the memories and foundations of past family joys, large and small. Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Being invited to be there as the poet shares something of her story in these pages adds to the poetry of the occasion. For me, the pictures make the poems more poignant.
I am touched to have been given the opportunity to poem-walk alongside a family in their expressions of grief.
It was a privilege to have been asked to read this book of poems as part of a member giveaway. No compensation was asked for or offered in return for writing this review. ( )