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." These poems, some of which are set in the far reaches of Africa and India, argue for the primacy of the present tense, a present tense that shines erotically out from under the beautiful drapery of a manifold rich and cultural world history. Therefore, False Horizons is a book full of sensations. And yet the world remains elusive and mysterious. "In the moonlight I can see the shadow of a tree that is no longer there." Standing writes a wonderfully understated poetry about the intimacies of experience. She says, "I need a life that won't diminish."
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"The striking poems set in Africa that begin Gravida guide us to the book's overarching meaning: that every process and object is mysteriously pregnant with meaning, is about to become something else and has been something else. . .Gravida presents a compelling view of life, persuasively and elegantly." (Robert Pinsky, judge Four Way Books Award series )
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6 x 9 trim. LC 94-71638
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Poems of Place,
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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.
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