A strong collection
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The Girl With The Blue Umbrella by Heather Awad is a sixty-two poem strong collection of contemporary American poetry. The book was my introduction to NoiseTrade, a new website to me which offers a mix of independently published music and writing directly to consumers. I like poetry, but don't often think to include it in my reading so Random Acts Of Poetry Day (October 7th) seemed like the ideal time to give Awad's collection a try.
With so many poems from which to choose I did find the whole collection a bit hit and miss, but with far more hits than misses! I love Awad's insightful descriptions and I could identify with a several of her protagonists. 'Cleaning Out Closets' is definitely something I do to too great an extent, and 'Too Much Noise' could have been written for me. Awad's imagery is frequently perfect and I was impressed with …
The Girl With The Blue Umbrella by Heather Awad is a sixty-two poem strong collection of contemporary American poetry. The book was my introduction to NoiseTrade, a new website to me which offers a mix of independently published music and writing directly to consumers. I like poetry, but don't often think to include it in my reading so Random Acts Of Poetry Day (October 7th) seemed like the ideal time to give Awad's collection a try.
With so many poems from which to choose I did find the whole collection a bit hit and miss, but with far more hits than misses! I love Awad's insightful descriptions and I could identify with a several of her protagonists. 'Cleaning Out Closets' is definitely something I do to too great an extent, and 'Too Much Noise' could have been written for me. Awad's imagery is frequently perfect and I was impressed with lots of her word pictures. My favourite is this from 'Beyond': "Warmth abandoning me, escaping like air, from a pin pricked balloon". Superb!