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Excuse me while I wring this long swim out of my hair
by
S. Jane Sloat (Goodreads Author)
the dancing girl press chapbook series was founded in 2004 to publish and promote the work of women poets and artists through chapbooks, journals, book arts projects, and anthologies. Spawned by the online zine wicked alice, dgp seeks to publish work that bridges the gaps between schools and poetic techniques--work that's fresh, innovative, and exciting. The press has publ...more
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Published
2011
by dancing girl press
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Dear family and friends, I hereby request upon my passing, you line my coffin with the pages of this book so I may sleep upon them forever.
Hmmm, I thought I had reviewed this here, but I had just rated it! This is no doubt because I was reviewing it for Prick of the Spindle!:
http://www.prickofthespindle.com/revi...
And there is also a preview with sample poems here, at Escape Into Life:
http://www.escapeintolife.com/blog/lo...
Anyway, as you can guess from the above and my 5 stars, I love this book. Short powerful evocative poems, simultaneously mysterious and accessible--so not too "accessible" in that way that freaks out serious rea...more
http://www.prickofthespindle.com/revi...
And there is also a preview with sample poems here, at Escape Into Life:
http://www.escapeintolife.com/blog/lo...
Anyway, as you can guess from the above and my 5 stars, I love this book. Short powerful evocative poems, simultaneously mysterious and accessible--so not too "accessible" in that way that freaks out serious rea...more
'Excuse me while I wring this long swim out of my hair'is a short collection of poems. It was pure joy reading this one. The underlying meanings are to savor for. This book reminds me of the comfort of drinking a hot coffee, the excitement of long talks with my best friend over the phone and the emotional vomit after reading a tragic book.
I'd almost forgotten I ordered this book, but it arrived this morning and I read my way through it with a cup of green tea in the friend's room at Tate Modern.
I really enjoyed it. There's some seriously good writing in there. Unusually for me (I'm a literal minded soul) I preferred the less obvious poems, though this may be down to my slightly hungover state.
Anyway. I seem to be rambling at this point.
EDIT: some poor phrasing there. 'Obvious' is a rather unflattering sounding term to apply to p...more
I really enjoyed it. There's some seriously good writing in there. Unusually for me (I'm a literal minded soul) I preferred the less obvious poems, though this may be down to my slightly hungover state.
Anyway. I seem to be rambling at this point.
EDIT: some poor phrasing there. 'Obvious' is a rather unflattering sounding term to apply to p...more
Riding Backwards on the Train
It’s not unpleasant: perpetual surprise.
But instead of feeling I’ll arrive, the world
appears to pour towards whatever
I’m getting away from. Cows and foliage
blur by and I try to imagine easing
into couch cushions, or the plunge
back onto the bed, quilt whooshing
up from behind. Still, I can’t shake
the faint dyslexia reverse riding
brings, the suspicion I’m rushing
assbackwards into the future, kick-me
sign tacked to my spine, a breech
birth with no eye for what’s...more
It’s not unpleasant: perpetual surprise.
But instead of feeling I’ll arrive, the world
appears to pour towards whatever
I’m getting away from. Cows and foliage
blur by and I try to imagine easing
into couch cushions, or the plunge
back onto the bed, quilt whooshing
up from behind. Still, I can’t shake
the faint dyslexia reverse riding
brings, the suspicion I’m rushing
assbackwards into the future, kick-me
sign tacked to my spine, a breech
birth with no eye for what’s...more
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S. Jane's Sloat delighted me in each and every poem. Turning the page was like finding a new treasure, I was excited to continue reading and was saddened when I got to the last one, each poem was exceptionality written and touching. Sloat is magnificent inspiration for female writers/poets.
Absolute favorite line of all:
What is the heart but another
mouth to be fed?
What is the heart but another
mouth to be fed?
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I love poetry, literature and non-fiction. Every summer I go on a diet of short stories. I like the literary, the mainstream, the experimental and the un-categorical. I'm not big on the incomprehensible, but the small incomprehensible can be good. I don't believe in god, but I'm interested in religion, too, mostly eastern and quakerism, which I grew up with. I like history, though mostly American,...more
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