Dionne Brand is one of the great poets of our time. Contemporary, relevant, immediate, her work speaks to the breaking news of our time, to the emotional brokennesses, the bewilderments, the enduring struggle against imperialisms that linger through our days; the deep need and hunger for real love and caring. And so much more. In Ossuaries, her tercets push line and word along, insistently. Her voice gives witness to the individual cry. And she also reads her work very well.
I also think so. The tone and pace of the reading was perfect. I am also doing a reading of poetry at my University and this helped a lot (as well as an oral presentation on one of Dionne Brand's short stories "Photograph")!!. This poem does give the reader, or in this case listener, glimpses or brief moments of "being in those moments" (for lack of better words) and then develops the main character, through elements such as dialogue, very well.
Dionne Brand is one of the great poets of our time. Contemporary, relevant, immediate, her work speaks to the breaking news of our time, to the emotional brokennesses, the bewilderments, the enduring struggle against imperialisms that linger through our days; the deep need and hunger for real love and caring. And so much more. In Ossuaries, her tercets push line and word along, insistently. Her voice gives witness to the individual cry. And she also reads her work very well.
Oh my ! It draws you in immediately, immerses you in vivid, perfectly chosen images.
I also think so. The tone and pace of the reading was perfect. I am also doing a reading of poetry at my University and this helped a lot (as well as an oral presentation on one of Dionne Brand's short stories "Photograph")!!. This poem does give the reader, or in this case listener, glimpses or brief moments of "being in those moments" (for lack of better words) and then develops the main character, through elements such as dialogue, very well.