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jesshooves's review against another edition
“This continent is a memory / remapped each morning— / seashells washed upon the beach, / each breathing a naming of you.”
—“Lost Coast”
—“Lost Coast”
as_a_tre3's review against another edition
5.0
What a beautiful, even ineffable collection this book is! Reading and feeling the poems have made me realized how little I know about plants, on the land or in any body of water. The poet truly knows her ways in delivering the sensations and the depth (or height) of the locations and timings for each poem. The emotions and/or feelings invoked and evoked within my immersion into the pieces vary, from grief, fright, joy, to hopeful.
thebookworm777's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
What a brilliant and beautiful collection of poetry. This is my first time reading Foerster's work and I am so thrilled to have discovered this poet. The poems in this collection are written with a blend of the ethereal with the familiar which effectively causes readers to challenge their present reality. The poems in this book all contain lovely imagery, and expert use of motifs. Every word feels deliberately chosen and serves a purpose; there is no waste here. Foerster's work is of the kind that compels you to revisit it before you've end reached the conclusion of a poem for the first time. I know I will be enjoying rereading this book multiple times for years to come and will be alert to any new work she releases.
ashlurtis's review against another edition
5.0
This collection explores a variety of depths from the space between stars in the sky to the space between life in the ocean. Forester creates beautiful images in very few words throughout these pieces. Reading this collection aloud highlights the musicality of Foerster’s mastery. I resonated more with some pieces than others, but all of them have a surreal, deeply beautiful quality that I couldn’t get enough of!
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