Gravida

by Sue Standing

The lyrics in Sue Standing's False Horizon quietly celebrate the lust that is living, the lust that is memory. "The risks we're taking aren't really risks/ Orange trees. Umbrella Pines. Wisteria."... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884800025
• ISBN13: 9781884800023
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Poems of Place

The most recent of Standing's work to date, GRAVIDA explores the role of place in poetry, traversing the African continent while examining the cultures lost and found in its regions. Her deeply meditative voice is rich in imagery, evoking all of the senses to situate the reader inside the poem. Standing's poems transform the physical landscape into a bridge toward personal revelation as well. "How to Navigate Small Bodies of Water," "How to Use a Comma Kit," and "Men" were some of my favorite poems in this collection.