Holding the Dark

by Melanie Cameron

In Cameron's evocative opening poem, a young woman, temporarily deprived of her eyesight, pushes herself deep into inner space, letting the darkness unfold around her until the "boundaries of skin" dissolve and personal identity is fractured "like a galaxy into constellations." The poems that follow explore what can happen when you dare to "keep your eyes open in the dark." They touch on violence, mortality, and mourning. But they also open the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896239471
• ISBN13: 9781896239477
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Muses' Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.9"