Sometimes I find myself backing into a poet’s work – starting with the most recent work and then working my way backwards to earlier works. Such is the case with Hedy Habra, whose Or Did You Ever See the Other Side? (2023) I considered here last year.
Then I read her first collection, Tea in Heliopolis (2013). I realized she has been writing about art – paintings, sculpture, music, architecture, and history from the beginning. Her background suggests this is not by accident; she’s been exploring the cultural heritage of her family through poetry from the beginning.
Under Brushstrokes was published in 2015. As the title suggests, may, or most, of the poems are about art. Habra is going to take us on something of a tour, with our informed tour guide showing us what is and isn’t obvious.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
mist\’mist\ n. 1,3,4 – poem by M.L. Brown at Every Day Poems.
“A Christmas Carol,” poem by G.K. Chesterton – Kelly Keller at On the Common.
“Winter Wakeneth al my Care” – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
A Quarrel with the World: Milosz’s complicated Second World War – Alan Jacobs at The Hedgehog Review.
A Review of The Teller’s Cage: Poems and Imaginary Movies by John Philip Drury – Carla Sarett at New Verse Review.
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