The Scabbard of Her Throat by Bernadette Geyer, published by The Word Works in Washington, D.C., is a beautifully lyric collection of poems that explore the fine line between imagination/hope and reality, and on many occasions, Geyer's poems end with an unexpected result. In the first section, she explores the wonders of childbirth and miracles, but these poems also hover on the edge of death and the power that comes with bringing about the end. In "Without Warning," the onset of death is wrought with many to-do lists, but never on the list is what can be done with the last breath. But in "After Having Been Distracted," the narrator's attention is called to the struggle for life of a cicada only to find that she must be the one to end it. In many ways, these are poems about miracles, but miracles that don't exactly have happy endings.
The Scabbard of Her Throat by Bernadette Geyer
The Scabbard of Her Throat by Bernadette…
The Scabbard of Her Throat by Bernadette Geyer
The Scabbard of Her Throat by Bernadette Geyer, published by The Word Works in Washington, D.C., is a beautifully lyric collection of poems that explore the fine line between imagination/hope and reality, and on many occasions, Geyer's poems end with an unexpected result. In the first section, she explores the wonders of childbirth and miracles, but these poems also hover on the edge of death and the power that comes with bringing about the end. In "Without Warning," the onset of death is wrought with many to-do lists, but never on the list is what can be done with the last breath. But in "After Having Been Distracted," the narrator's attention is called to the struggle for life of a cicada only to find that she must be the one to end it. In many ways, these are poems about miracles, but miracles that don't exactly have happy endings.