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A review by annajoyreed93
Mortal Trash: Poems by Kim Addonizio
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This is the first collection I’ve read by Addonozio and it was dynamic and full of creative choices, but I’m not sure I’m in her target audience, as I read through several sections that left me feeling as if I didn’t “get” it. The moments that connected with me really clicked, though:
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire