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tinamayreads's review
4.0
This past weekend I read CANE FIRE by Shani Mootoo and it was such an enjoyable experience! Shani Mootoo is a writer and visual artist who was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad and then relocated to Canada. I found myself absorbed into these poems and loving the unexpected surprises from each turn of the page. I loved the unique mix of text and visual form. I really enjoyed the poems that played with space on the page. My fave poems are Fine White Linen and The Smoothest Stones. Mootoo is not only a poet but also a novelist. I definitely want to read her novel Polar Vortex now!
Thank you Book*hug Press for my gifted review copy!
Thank you Book*hug Press for my gifted review copy!
kikireads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
2treads's review
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
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no matter how far
I'd roam
no matter how long from home
I am the girl
she didn't see
casting petals round her feet
...
excerpt from The Crick in the Crack
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Structurally varied and complex, these poems invited my engagement in different ways, the change in flow and form were creative, new to me, yet kept me immersed. The ways in which Mootoo plays with style and expression may not appeal to every reader, but for me, I was swept up in the imagery, scents, and memories that were teased forth, that's the power of these poems. There is a familiarity that Mootoo creates as she traces the history, existence, community, love for family and within relationships.
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The poems that stuck with me are the ones that recall the inquisitiveness and mischievousness of children, the depiction tion of intimate longing and devotion, the connection of and in communities, desire, and depths of relatedness and relationships.
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I love the play on words, the meanings that they hold for and evoke in me as a Caribbean identity, the plants, land, drinks, behaviours, all just culminated in me sinking further into and rereading these poems. The inclusion of pieces of art and imagery spoke to the familial bond and influence, infusing colour and further meaning to this collection.
no matter how far
I'd roam
no matter how long from home
I am the girl
she didn't see
casting petals round her feet
...
excerpt from The Crick in the Crack
🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹🌺
Structurally varied and complex, these poems invited my engagement in different ways, the change in flow and form were creative, new to me, yet kept me immersed. The ways in which Mootoo plays with style and expression may not appeal to every reader, but for me, I was swept up in the imagery, scents, and memories that were teased forth, that's the power of these poems. There is a familiarity that Mootoo creates as she traces the history, existence, community, love for family and within relationships.
🌺🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹
The poems that stuck with me are the ones that recall the inquisitiveness and mischievousness of children, the depiction tion of intimate longing and devotion, the connection of and in communities, desire, and depths of relatedness and relationships.
🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹🌺🇹🇹🌺
I love the play on words, the meanings that they hold for and evoke in me as a Caribbean identity, the plants, land, drinks, behaviours, all just culminated in me sinking further into and rereading these poems. The inclusion of pieces of art and imagery spoke to the familial bond and influence, infusing colour and further meaning to this collection.
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