schgro's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
‘how to make a basket
first you must begin
with the grasses
first you must tend the blades
the sweet small shoots
first you must make healthy the soil
care for this place
tend with fire
carry the seeds
first you must make the land right
first you must love your mother
what you care for will care for you
when you are ready
you will understand
how to make a basket’
(How to make a basket)
‘my heart
is breaking
in these arms
but I swear
if you could see this face
you would let your heart
be broken
again this morning’
(Hot and cold)
first you must begin
with the grasses
first you must tend the blades
the sweet small shoots
first you must make healthy the soil
care for this place
tend with fire
carry the seeds
first you must make the land right
first you must love your mother
what you care for will care for you
when you are ready
you will understand
how to make a basket’
(How to make a basket)
‘my heart
is breaking
in these arms
but I swear
if you could see this face
you would let your heart
be broken
again this morning’
(Hot and cold)
laura_reads_'s review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
jouljet's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
zzara's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
This was a great little book of poetry. I find sometimes poetry goes over my head, and I just feel like they are nice words that don't really mean anything to me. But I feel as though I understood this one, probably because the poems are a combination of introspective and critical which really worked for me.
A number of the poems in this collection are really inventive and interesting criticisms of colonialism. 'a case study of the colony' was a mixture of poem and short essay, about the sale of stolen pastoral land in Tasmania. The analogy of blood and memory - 'the memories run clear' - was a really powerful way to evoke the erasure and attempted destruction of First Nations people which underpins the sale of a property which has only been stolen, never sold.
And Money writes so beautifully about love! I love this quote from 'hot and cold': "if you could see this face you would let your heart be broken." She really captures that feeling of adoring someone.
A number of the poems in this collection are really inventive and interesting criticisms of colonialism. 'a case study of the colony' was a mixture of poem and short essay, about the sale of stolen pastoral land in Tasmania. The analogy of blood and memory - 'the memories run clear' - was a really powerful way to evoke the erasure and attempted destruction of First Nations people which underpins the sale of a property which has only been stolen, never sold.
And Money writes so beautifully about love! I love this quote from 'hot and cold': "if you could see this face you would let your heart be broken." She really captures that feeling of adoring someone.
ylimegwen's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
wetdirtreads's review
4.25
This book is wonderful. Very tender. Very nourishing. I felt held by this book. Felt safe in this book. I particularly adored every expression of Blak queer love.
The way Jazz confronts and articulates the complex relationship with her father also resonated with me in a way I’d never experienced. They tell of it with candour, & without fear of what can’t quite be adequately captured or articulated, because it deserves to be expressed regardless.
The way Jazz confronts and articulates the complex relationship with her father also resonated with me in a way I’d never experienced. They tell of it with candour, & without fear of what can’t quite be adequately captured or articulated, because it deserves to be expressed regardless.
bessjoyce's review
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
ellesee's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0