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Highlights
- THE POEMS You fell asleep on the tiles, a translucent peacock loomed, your sex opened and let out a very blue, very high flame.
- Author(s): Clémence Dumas-Côté
- 72 Pages
- Poetry, Women Authors
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Book Synopsis
THE POEMS
You fell asleep on the tiles,
a translucent peacock loomed,
your sex opened and let out
a very blue, very high flame.
You wore a split veil, that morning.
Silent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: "I love the sacred contortions you offer me." The poems protest: "You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet."
More than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game--and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.
Review Quotes
"A collection at once expansive and claustrophobic ... Where sound creates a tension between tight control and entropy." -- Winnipeg Free Press
"A fresh and frankly inspired collection ... From theatre to the art of folded paper, the poems show the reader a more porous boundary between poetry and other forms of expression." -- Montreal Review of Books
"Each poem is a portal into a richly layered world where fragmented memories, fluid identities, and profound introspection intertwine, creating a deeply immersive and thought-provoking reading experience." -- Sandbox World