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A review by jessmaeshelley
Europa by Moniza Alvi
4.0
'How easily the knot had come undone / once the time was ripe / the golden cord falling away / from the wooden chest. / And they all had to be unleashed / every poisonous one.'
A cut-throat and wild collection examining the effects of ancient and modern traumas.
My favourite poems were; Post-Traumatic / Her Symptoms / Candle / Mermaid / Europa & the Bull / Night / Red Apples / Fish Swimming / and A Gift.
Beautiful abstract language. At times inspiring, I felt a deep resonance and connection. At other times it swept over my head. But overall, this collection has dark, angry, energy. And I absolutely adored its wit and the way Alvi uses myth to explain the unexplainable.
A cut-throat and wild collection examining the effects of ancient and modern traumas.
My favourite poems were; Post-Traumatic / Her Symptoms / Candle / Mermaid / Europa & the Bull / Night / Red Apples / Fish Swimming / and A Gift.
Beautiful abstract language. At times inspiring, I felt a deep resonance and connection. At other times it swept over my head. But overall, this collection has dark, angry, energy. And I absolutely adored its wit and the way Alvi uses myth to explain the unexplainable.