Equilibrium by Tiana Clark6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The mother-in-law sees the taking of the portrait on the plantation as an act of redeeming the past. In “Soil Horizon,” Clark is called by her white mother-in-law to a Tennessee plantation for a family portrait. Not all writers are capable of this, and the fact that Clark employs it in a seamless way gives credence to the reasons why her work is worth reading. Clark is adroit at bringing the reader into the scenes she paints with words. I Can’t Talk About The Trees Without The Blood is a gripping collection of poetry. THIS REVIEW FIRST APPEARED IN THE ADIRONDACK REVIEW I'm not afraid to write what I need to survive." I'm notĪfraid to take up space I need to survive. Liquor/blasting the classroom with my noisy stereo. Lips/butt/haircurlers are mine/urban/slang/longįingernails/arrested/dialectic are mine/burningĮrotic hottentot/blue bandanna/Beyoncé/like-like Not a prop or a sieve or a literary device. When they try to conjure the other, a fantasticįield of fictitious black and brown bodies. Tell them when my chest tightens and flares up A poet to watch, follow, and listen to with open ears. So glad I came across this book in an online article. The poem about having a conversation with her white mother-in-law about taking some family photographs on a plantation-Soil Horizon-was shattering. This is a collection that bears reflection, re-reading, repeating. ![]() So many incredible poems and lines in here. ![]()
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