Poets and Poems: Gabrielle Myers and "Break Self: Feed"

I read the poems in Break Self: Feed by Gabrielle Myers, and what comes almost immediately to mind ae the paintings of Georgia O’Keefe. I’m reminded of not all of O’Keefe’s paintings, but the ones of flowers and other natural objects that might be what’s being portrayed, and also might be some part of the human anatomy. O’Keefe’s paintings are sensual; so, too, are the poems by Myers. 

This isn’t coincidental or accidental. Myers is too careful of a writer, too deliberate in her choices of words. Her poems intricately combine features of the natural world with humanity, suggesting we are not only closer to nature than we think we are but also a very intimate part of it.

To continue reading, please see my post at Tweetspeak Poetry.

Some Tuesday Readings

 

Change in the wind – poem by Kathleen at The Course of Our Seasons.

 

‘Back-Door Pastoral’ and ‘Life’s Lessons’ – poems by C.B. Anderson at Society of Classical Poets.

 

This is Love – poem by Amanda Johnston at Every Day Poems.

 

“Morning Song of Senlin,” poem by Conrad Aiken – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.