In Strong Feather, Jennifer Reeser revisits the salient themes of Indigenous-her acclaimed, award-winning preceding poetry collection.
While the Poems in Strong Feather reprise the exposition of a Native American heritage juxtaposed with a m. -Arthur Mortensen, Expansive Poetry Online ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jen In Strong Feather, Jennifer Reeser revisits the salient themes of Indigenous-her acclaimed, award-winning preceding poetry collection.
A hundred pages of such treasures will bring you lives you might not otherwise meet and pleasures you would otherwise miss.
Her elegant use of rhyming couplets in White Lady concentrate the poem\'s illumination of contrasting lives.
Witness the marvelous Shape Shifter, a Petrarchan sonnet like no other, or the stunning The Courier du Bois and the Savage, an ekphrastic poem written as an English ode but conveying a modern message about equality.
Like Countee Cullen of the Harlem renaissance, she is a master of rhyming forms that present life beyond the expected edges of formal verse. -John Wilson, Englewood Review of Books + Marginalia Review of Books Jennifer Reeser\'s Strong Feather continues her personal legacy of applying classical technique to make another world visible.
Can a feather be strong? You better believe it.
Maybe that\'s communicated by the title of her new book, before we even get to the first poem.
Not conceit (there\'s none of that) but rather a delightful confidence in her art and in her judgments.
PRAISE FOR Strong Feather: What I love most about Jennifer Reeser\'s Poems is their swagger. . . .
How has this feather stayed so strong? .
Its hollow hilt Pointing toward me, is curved and long, Slightly translucent, and at a tilt.
End of the winter, middle March, Waking, I find it beneath my quilt Clinging to linens the hue of larch, Softer and whiter than milk when spilt- One petite feather.
The result is a spellbinding and uniquely engaging collection of storytelling, mythmaking, and inspirational musings, energized by a keenly interrogated mixed-race heritage.
Displaying a masterful command of form throughout, Strong Feather also includes personal poems, translations, and tales from Cherokee and other indigenous traditions.
While the Poems in Strong Feather reprise the exposition of a Native American heritage juxtaposed with a mixed European ancestry, many of them center on a Native American female character of the author\'s creation-a poet/prophet/warrior of sorts.
In Strong Feather, Jennifer Reeser revisits the salient themes of Indigenous-her acclaimed, award-winning preceding poetry collection
