melissachristene's review
4.0
As a fellow Métis woman from Winnipeg, I thoroughly enjoyed this poetry collection. Highly recommend.
ccwingreads's review
3.75
Overall, I thought the last half of the collection affected me more than the first. The first half had shorter lines and shorter poems. I think I prefer either longer poems or ones that use a lot of imagery and alliteration to evoke emotions. The last half did this really well. My favourites were this river, for the Red River, and new year's eve 2013. These poems honour the rivers as a woman with her many stories, experiences, power, and beauty.
lauren_endnotes's review
4.0
dear settler
you get to pretend your ancestors
weren't given free land
a good start
strong equipment
hand outs
your grandparents took with begging hands
and help
from neighboring indians
who knew how to
hunt
make
plant
and get to pretend it didn't happen like this
but it did
we can't pretend
it doesn't matter
Vermette's poetry collection river woman was a quiet whisper that gained and rushed into a roar. Sparse words heavy with meaning. The second half of this collection was my favorite.
you get to pretend your ancestors
weren't given free land
a good start
strong equipment
hand outs
your grandparents took with begging hands
and help
from neighboring indians
who knew how to
hunt
make
plant
and get to pretend it didn't happen like this
but it did
we can't pretend
it doesn't matter
Vermette's poetry collection river woman was a quiet whisper that gained and rushed into a roar. Sparse words heavy with meaning. The second half of this collection was my favorite.