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A review by gar42
Seeing the Body: Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
An absolutely stunning and heartbreaking book of poems and portraits about the loss of the speaker’s mother. Using myth, fairytale, and story, the speaker inhabits a sort of witch-like madwoman pleading with the world after a devastating loss. What is a woman when she’s no longer a daughter, when she can’t be a mother?
Haunting and breathtaking. The portraits chip away at the distance we ascribe to “speaker” and “poet.” We see Rachel Eliza Griffiths blurry, bare, and small in the landscapes she must occupy without her mother
Haunting and breathtaking. The portraits chip away at the distance we ascribe to “speaker” and “poet.” We see Rachel Eliza Griffiths blurry, bare, and small in the landscapes she must occupy without her mother