The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems
by Michael Ondaatje
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Read in October, 2002
The first words of Michael Ondaatje that I read were photocopied from this book. I was sitting for a painter who gave me the title poem, The Cinnamon Peeler. Later, I took a course on Michael Ondaatje. I carried this book with me everywhere that semester, wrote all over it, admired the cover, shared the poems with whoever would listen. I still buy copies and give as gifts to friends and lovers.
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Read in January, 2007
Not for nothing that Ondaatje is one of my current favourite writers. The Cinnamon Peeler is a little microcosm of his genius. Claude Glass, just to name one amazing poem, is the best description of the insanity of drunkenness that I have ever read.
Best memory of this book is reading it in the cold outside on steps of my house with a cup of tea.
Best memory of this book is reading it in the cold outside on steps of my house with a cup of tea.
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Killer, original poetry. This is poetry about friendship, love and artistic leanings. I LOVE it and read the book over and over. A Liz recommendation! This is one of those books you come back to again and again - an immense comfort and reminder about your connections to your family, friends and community.
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This is a definitive book of poetry by a man most known as a novelist. So many of Ondaatje's best novels were born in his poetry, and it is still the best expression of his love of language and obsession with loyalty. This book is an excellent addition to any collection, if only for the title poem.
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Poetry that awakes your sense of smell, your soul, your suspicion. If you have ever been in love despite yourself or come across an abandoned corpse in a ditch of a morning, these are poems to scratch at your memory. If not, they may just awaken your imagination.
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poet friends, friends of poetry, others
I admit it, if not for the film The English Patient, I likely wouldn't have read Michael Ondaatje's fiction, his nonfiction or his poetry. To have missed this book, I think, would have left me sad without quite knowing why.
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Read in January, 1998
I'm not a huge poetry hound but this beautiful book of verse about signs along Interstate-40 in Kansas (where his wife is from) and a woman's love for her Cinnamon Peeler lover. .erotic, exotic and tense with passion. . .
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Alongside "Mockingbird Wish Me Luck", this book lays constant vigil on my nightstand. Written about his mistress, but companion to anyone who has ever been awoken in the middle of the night by a low keening wail of want.
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Read in January, 2007
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Poetry Lovers
Some of the most phenomenal poetry I've read in a long time. Ondaatje reaches the essence of an experience with distilled language that touches your soul.
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Read in February, 2006
I love michael andaatje(sp?) His words are always so...unique. I liked the structure of his novels a bit more, but this is one solid book o words!
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Most of the poetry is flawless, which is rare for a collection. Even more surprising is that Ondaatje is a much better poet than prose author.
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The poem 'The Cinnamon Peeler's Daughter' is one of my favourite poems. And it was just featured in the deeply moving movie Away From Her.
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Poets & Poetry lovers
Some jewels emerge from these pages. His "Elimination Dance" in the middle of the book is both humorous and startlingly human.
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My favorite book of poems ever, I think--I reserve the right to change my mind someday.
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my favorite last line in a poem that shouldn't work, but does? "We're all alone." damn.
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'The Cinnamon Peeler' is one of the loveliest, most sensual poems I've read.
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Read in November, 2006
ondaatje's poetry is amazing. read it aloud.
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