The Fix MOBIErs and through ekphrastic engagement with visionaries like William Blake José Clemente Orozco and the Talking Heads this book seeks the real beneath the dissembling surface Here nothing is fixed but grace arrives by diving into the complicated past in order to find a way to live now“Woman Seated with Thighs Apart” Often I am permitted to return to this kitchen tipsy pinned to the fridge to the precise instant the kiss smashed in When the jaws.
Ers and through ekphrastic engagement with visionaries like William Blake José Clemente Orozco and the Talking Heads this book seeks the real beneath the dissembling surface Here nothing is fixed but grace arrives by diving into the complicated past in order to find a way to live now“Woman Seated with Thighs Apart” Often I am permitted to return to this kitchen tipsy pinned to the fridge to the precise instant the kiss smashed in When the jaws.
❮Ebook❯ ➥ The Fix ➦ Author Lisa Wells – Rildem.co Proceeding from Hélène Cixous’s charge to “kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing” The Fix forges that woman’s reckoning with her violent past with her sexuality Proceeding from Hélène Cixous’s charge to “kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing” The Fix forges that woman’s reckoning with her violent past with her sexuality and with a future unmoored from the trappings of domestic life These poems of lyric beauty and unflinching candor negotiate the terrain of contradictory desire—often to darkly comedic effect In encounters with strangers in dive bars and on highway should.
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIThat was uick which I expected as it's not even a hundred pages The Fix is a collection of poems I found as utterly engaging Once you read a poem you can't help but be excited or wonder what the poet will talk about in the next poem All the poems describe moments from the poets's life but they were vividly but creatively described that only a good poet can do The poet's language was lyrical musical but sharp Lisa Wells certainly not only proves she's a poet but also that her words her beautiful complex words can hurt and strike deep too as they spoke of something of truth in her and so it became truth to the readers as well These poems are haunting and I know i'll reread this soon And look at that cover I loved itI have to have a hard copy for my shelf as I only read this as an e copy granted to me by the author and publishers thru Netgalley in exchange for an honest review PS this indeed deserve the prize it got
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIDisclaimer Received a free digital copy of the book through Netgalley To endure thisapparatusall I have to do is lastThis poetry collection thrived on being abstract yet vivid in its use of description in every poem Every poem was a uniue journey separate from all the others Admittedly some flew right over my head but I still very much liked reading the words and trying to decipher what they meant to me A perfect break from all insta poetry I'd say and something I look forward to having on my shelves Definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to read a confident bold and exuisite play on wordsFavourites Theory of Knowledge Saddle Shoes Woman Seated With Thighs Apart Canis Vulgaris Instructions Resurrections Beast 1 and 5 Under the Wat
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIThese poems are vividly described snapshots about every day life They are haunting and graphic and will stay with this reader for a while
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIFull and luscious as a grape before wine making or a moon before love making the poems in The Fix live in a roadside space that’s earthy sensual erotic and wild Lisa Wells writes by feel shaping kneading and bending the line the way a potter builds a ceramic vessel from the bottom up coiling around a central idea until it’s solid visible and ready to be marveled at
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBILisa Wells is a poet who understands language to be elemental a means of self immolation These lyrics sear Their force is the sort that destroys the false idols that are our prized illusions our former selves Wrought of words as ruthless as they are musical these poe
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBII love poetry and when I came across Lisa Well's new poetry collection I knew I had to read itThe poems are of different topics The flow is also different from poem to poem Sometimes it's slow and smooth languid in its flow Other times it's fast and wild I could visualise the scenes the poet describes through her poem It did take me some time to truly understand what she was trying to speak of but that's the beauty of poetry as you keep reading them again and again the meaning and the thoughts become clear eventually
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIThis collection of poetry takes the everyday and turns it on its head exploring from every angle I enjoyed this collection because it takes a bit of a risk when it comes to word choice and description putting in words and phrases that uickly let you understand that you don't know where the next
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBIWhat a book Wells' lapidary lines peel the paint off of uotidian life to reveal the uiet violence beneath a trash can is rolled down the driveway by a grave valet; a woman waits in a truck stop among shotguns and platicised bass while local detectives search for a killer and heavy rigging drags the auaduct for evidence The speakers of these poems are tired they've been there and regard the world with a mix of rapture and the middle finger trying to reconcile the loss of love and loss of life with the mandates to make love and make art Each little fix is
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBII received an ARC from University of Iowa Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewThe Fix is a collection of poetry from Lisa Wells which won the 2017 Iowa Poetry Prize I have a mixed relationship with poetry I love to read it out loud and savor the rhythms and patterns of words and I subscribe to the theory
The Fix PDF/EPUB Ë È PDF/EPUB rildem.co The Fix MOBII really enjoyed this collection Lisa Wells is not a poet I'm familiar with but I will watch out for her in future Not every poem struck a chord with me but the ones that did really resonated Let me uote a few lines In the park adjacent the crematory there is a toddler hidden in the folds of her stroller Only her hands are visible kne