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A review by cec_loves_to_read_books
How Decent Folk Behave by Maxine Beneba Clarke
5.0
Oh what a brilliant collection; an authentic and poetic snapshot in time - through fire, flood, #metoo, banking royal commissions, Biloela deportations, lockdowns, Black Lives Matter, bloated cod on the Murray, Northface jackets news conferences and more.
The list of stand out poems could actually just be the contents pages as there is something about every poem that just makes you stop to pause and think and question and sigh/cry. But a few that resonated for me were:
Something Sure
Grace
My Feminism
Fire Moves Faster
I honestly can’t recommend it enough. I’m going to order myself a copy immediately to have on my ‘read and loved shelf’ because parting with this library book will be tough.
Every time I read an Australian poetry book I ask myself why don’t I read more of this. Poets like Maxine just have a way of capturing the essence of our hidden thoughts and fears in such a concise and clever way.
The list of stand out poems could actually just be the contents pages as there is something about every poem that just makes you stop to pause and think and question and sigh/cry. But a few that resonated for me were:
Something Sure
Grace
My Feminism
Fire Moves Faster
I honestly can’t recommend it enough. I’m going to order myself a copy immediately to have on my ‘read and loved shelf’ because parting with this library book will be tough.
Every time I read an Australian poetry book I ask myself why don’t I read more of this. Poets like Maxine just have a way of capturing the essence of our hidden thoughts and fears in such a concise and clever way.