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A review by lattelibrarian
Harbinger: Poems by Shelley Puhak
4.0
"For what do They punish us / so bitterly when we were faithful to Them like dogs?"
A small but mighty poetry anthology. Shelley Puhak titles her poems with variations on "Portrait of the Artist as a..." which provides both necessary context and a mood. She experiments with her poetry, not sticking to one format, playing with space and italics and stanzas to offer us dear readers a further glimpse into just what she wants us to feel and see and recognize. From motherhood to weather to places, we understand that these portraits hang on the page ready to be admired and understood.
Beautiful.
A small but mighty poetry anthology. Shelley Puhak titles her poems with variations on "Portrait of the Artist as a..." which provides both necessary context and a mood. She experiments with her poetry, not sticking to one format, playing with space and italics and stanzas to offer us dear readers a further glimpse into just what she wants us to feel and see and recognize. From motherhood to weather to places, we understand that these portraits hang on the page ready to be admired and understood.
Beautiful.