bookloversboudoir's review
4.0
https://thebookloversboudoir.wordpress.com/2019/08/25/blackbird-bye-bye-by-moniza-alvi/
I thought these poems were lovely, unusual, sparse at times and filled with rich, vivid imagery. It is not clear at first but Motherbird and Fatherbird are actually bird-creatures inspired by Alvi’s own parents and the poems focus on her father’s death and mother’s grief. I didn’t realise this until I’d read a few poems and their true meaning became clear. I’ve read a lot of poems that explore death and grief but thought Alvi offered a new and usual take on it. I found these absorbing and very emotional.
I thought these poems were lovely, unusual, sparse at times and filled with rich, vivid imagery. It is not clear at first but Motherbird and Fatherbird are actually bird-creatures inspired by Alvi’s own parents and the poems focus on her father’s death and mother’s grief. I didn’t realise this until I’d read a few poems and their true meaning became clear. I’ve read a lot of poems that explore death and grief but thought Alvi offered a new and usual take on it. I found these absorbing and very emotional.
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