Intersections (Poetry (Peepal Tree Press)) - Softcover

Frances-Marie Coke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845230884 ISBN 13: 9781845230883

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

In this collection, the uncertain paths of childhood and adulthood are traced through a sequence of poems that treat Idlewilda place deep in the heart of rural Jamaicaas a character, a constant that serves as a reliable touchstone for memory. Although the majority of the poems are centered on themes of security and pleasant memory, the edges are haunted with truths of rupture in family relations, abandonment, loneliness, resentment of unreliable men, and the challenges of maintaining faith through difficult times. Balancing nostalgia for the past with an acute awareness of the presentthe poverty, violence, class divides, and racial complexities of modern day Jamaicathe central voice of the poem matures along with the subject matter to gradually unveil a well-formed poetic voice with an authoritative command of form and language.

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About the Author

Frances Marie Coke is a poet who has contributed to "Calabash: A Journal of Caribbean Arts and Letters" and the author of the poetry collection "The Balm of Lilies."

Edition details

• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845230884
• ISBN 13: 9781845230883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106
• Editor: Kwame Dawes