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A review by adrianasturalvarez
The Curious Thing: Poems by Sandra Lim
4.0
It took me a minute to warm up to this collection but as soon as I hit "Naxos" I was struck and decided to re-read everything before moving on.
From Jean Rhys:
"Jean Rhys is saying/If I could jump out of the window/one bang and I'd be out of it.
It isn't done/ to admit to this kind/ of need,/
but spirit needs a house,/and the brief pageant of being/escorted through/
the grieving joy of words/set down right...."
Man oh man what a set of stanzas! By the time I hit A Shaggy Dog Story (another favorite) I was very engaged and ready to pour over this to look for some technique behind Lim's magic. Spoiler: there's a lot to find.
From Jean Rhys:
"Jean Rhys is saying/If I could jump out of the window/one bang and I'd be out of it.
It isn't done/ to admit to this kind/ of need,/
but spirit needs a house,/and the brief pageant of being/escorted through/
the grieving joy of words/set down right...."
Man oh man what a set of stanzas! By the time I hit A Shaggy Dog Story (another favorite) I was very engaged and ready to pour over this to look for some technique behind Lim's magic. Spoiler: there's a lot to find.