Forest Primeval: Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071P6VHHW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Provocative" according to M. Amani. IIn Forest Primeval, Vievee Francis provokes what feels like an intimate conversation with the reader or as a commentary on the book jacket puts it “a sacred conversation with the reader, wrestling with the distressing angel for all of us and demanding a blessing.” There’s such honesty in these poems, a willingness to be direct and risky around matters of the he. "Beautiful, haunting and not afraid of the ugly making" according to Amazon Customer. Vievee Francis is one of the most exciting poets I've discovered within the last year. Beautiful, haunting and not afraid of the ugly making her words cut twice as deep. Most poets will spend years trying to replicate a work such as Forest Primeval and never come close to its incandescent, transcendent nature.The rhythm is both as blunt as a sharp point of a cliff and at other ti. "FOREST PRIMEVAL is a restless collection of poems in which" according to Poetaster. FOREST PRIMEVAL is a restless collection of poems in which landscapes (urban, rural, and mythic) collide and collude with the body (that ship full of inherent history). These are poems that both speak to, and subvert the tenets of, Romanticism. The result? Poems in which beauty is found in what is widely worshipped and, especially, in what is feared.
The wild here is not chaotic but rather free and finely attuned to its surroundings. Words certainly do not fail as Francis sets off into the wild world promised in the title. The listener who joins her will emerge sensitized and changed by the enduring power of her work.. Vievee Francis's poems engage many of the same concerns as her poetic predecessors - faith in a secular age, the city and nature, aging, and beauty. Winner, 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in the Poetry category Finalist, 2015 Balcones Poetry Prize Shortlist finalist, 2015 PEN Open Book Award for an exceptional book by an author of color "Another Anti-Pastoral," the opening poem of Forest Primeval, confesses that sometimes "words fail." With a "bleat in her throat," the poet identifies with the voice