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bluehillsgreenriver's review against another edition
Loved the sense of place, how alive the world seems. I’ll come back to it
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
keeb's review against another edition
4.0
“How we all want love,
Even the waters,
So let them be healthy and clean,
Let us be carried
Alive on the water of a planet,
Along with it,
Not just by it, but for it.”
Even the waters,
So let them be healthy and clean,
Let us be carried
Alive on the water of a planet,
Along with it,
Not just by it, but for it.”
mepresley's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
3.0
The poems were all worth reading, but I wasn't blown away by many of them. They were very much a celebration of life, a call to eco-justice, and a reminder of the history that the colonizers buried -- the voices of a people who were pushed from their own land to watch it be exploited & destroyed for profit. A lot of the collection has a sort of Romantic sensibility to it--a poet-speaker who appears to be Linda herself, sharing her daily experiences walking through / being present in nature, pointing to the ways that we worship in nature, acting as a wise poet-sage to lead the people.
My favorites in the collection were "The Red Part," "The Pine Forest Calls Me," "Walking by Stolen Creek," "Memory," "We Used to Have Pearls," "Holly Springs, Mississippi," "God of the Prairies," "Remember," "Sweet Silence," "Fences," and "Tulsa."
My favorites in the collection were "The Red Part," "The Pine Forest Calls Me," "Walking by Stolen Creek," "Memory," "We Used to Have Pearls," "Holly Springs, Mississippi," "God of the Prairies," "Remember," "Sweet Silence," "Fences," and "Tulsa."