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Turn Thanks
Poems
Lorna Goodison
Paper978-0-252-06788-4
$14.95
| Pub Date: | 1999 |
| Pages: | 112 pages |
| Dimensions: | 6 x 8.25 in. |
The lyric energy, compassion, humor, and tenderness that characterize Lorna Goodison's work are once again in evidence in Turn Thanks, her seventh collection. Here the Jamaican poet turns to acknowledge her own ancestors and those of her craft: mother and father, aunts and uncles, Africa, William Wordsworth, Vincent Van Gogh, the Wild Woman. "Whether you will receive this letter or not I cannot tell," she writes. "Still, I intend to send it . . . "
ADVANCE PRAISE "Goodison's new collection displays the same qualities that have always marked her poetry -- a strong sense of the history that lies behind the Caribbean and black present . . . and a constant and engaging lyricism that sustains the expression. The new depth of feeling she brings to this collection and the new tonality in her verse . . . confirm her status as one of the most significant poetic voices of our time."--F. Abiola Irele, editor of Research in African Literatures
"Earth, air, fire, water. These poems have all the elements: ground provisions to feed us, a rising flock of Barbary doves for inspiration, the smell of almonds and ambergris rising from the sea and Bob Marley's call to catch a fire. . . . Lorna Goodison's previous books have put her in the rare company of the best in the world; and this is her best book."--J. Edward Chamberlin, author of Come Back to Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies
Lorna Goodison teaches at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She has published six collections of poetry, including To Us All Flowers Are Roses.
Subjects:
Poetry
