My Husband's Roses: One-Page Poems (Cubist Poetry) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

"Find your places, quickly! One poem per page," says the word usher, guiding the works of Susanna Lee to their proper positions. Here in this second book, My Husband's Roses: One-Page Poems, in her "Cubist Poetry Series," each short poem has room to bask in the light it deserves, whether its lines fill the page or not. The reader will enjoy a calm confidence in knowing there will not be a required page turn to know one has come to the end of the poem. All the words are laid bare, easily accessible. No common theme connects any one poem to another. Each is unique, as are the atoms of the universe, though it may take some experience with Lee's poetry to understand how the six volumes of the series have come to be grouped, apparently haphazardly, as one artistic work, a revolutionary new approach to representing reality in poetry. How do trees really feel about having their limbs lopped off to make way for man's telephone wires? (see book 1: Twisted Carrot.) And here in My Husband's Roses, "The Starter Is Dead," what does it take to keep a sourdough—or a marriage—alive? (see more, "Discovering How to Make a Marriage Last," in God Laughs.) Lee is an optimist. She recommends "Amidst Desolate Cries, Choose Joy Abundant" and finds the courage to tell sexist gawkers lusting over the sight of her exposed flesh, "Bite Me." Lee shares the wisdom of paying attention for sixty-five years: How to be a "Better Grandma," "How to Watch Your Mother Die," and "I Love My Thickening Waist." Life is short. Read poetry. Then, write your own.

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