A review by littlerah
Trigger Warning by Maria Takolander
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
"Bodies are programmed for betrayal;
they are casts for our corpses" (14).
Takolander's poetry is often clincial and lyrical at the same time. She stirs emotion with careful descriptions of grief and trauma in this collection. In section one "Confessions" - each poem is addressed as a letter, as a reader you feel her bleeding herself out onto the page.
Within "Domestic", Takolander moves into more visceral language. You can feel the competitiveness of nature vs machinery as she questions the future and its links into her grief.
"Let us be distracted; let us be rational.
Whatever you do, avoid getting sidetracked
by poetry" (39).
Takolander almost begs her readers to live and to experiment as she concludes her collection with "Outside." The poetry here is unlike the rest of the collection, playing with the environment further and experimenting with form.
they are casts for our corpses" (14).
Takolander's poetry is often clincial and lyrical at the same time. She stirs emotion with careful descriptions of grief and trauma in this collection. In section one "Confessions" - each poem is addressed as a letter, as a reader you feel her bleeding herself out onto the page.
Within "Domestic", Takolander moves into more visceral language. You can feel the competitiveness of nature vs machinery as she questions the future and its links into her grief.
"Let us be distracted; let us be rational.
Whatever you do, avoid getting sidetracked
by poetry" (39).
Takolander almost begs her readers to live and to experiment as she concludes her collection with "Outside." The poetry here is unlike the rest of the collection, playing with the environment further and experimenting with form.