Kiss
Kiss by Polly Clark is a poetry collection published by Bloodaxe Books on April 27, 2000. This edition features 64 pages and is presented in English. The poems explore the intricate and often harsh process of self-formation, addressing themes of first passions, losses, and the quest for understanding and forgiveness of one’s origins.
In this collection, Clark delves into the various influences that shape identity, drawing on a diverse array of figures and settings, including surgeons, horses, and even Pontius Pilate. The poems traverse locations from Canada to Hungary and Edinburgh Zoo, illustrating how both people and places contribute to the internal landscape of identity. Through her work, Clark invites readers to reflect on the complexities of loss and the fragile nature of selfhood.
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Polly Clark shows the complex and often brutal making of a self in the poems of her first collection, from first passions, through losses and disappointments, to attempts to understand and forgive origins. The forces which shape who we are take on many personalities: surgeons, horses, Amazon parrots, Pontius Pilate and huge beetles all have lessons to teach about loss, bereavement and the shaping of a fragile identity. Who decides who we are and what we will be? Her journey encompasses diverse locations, from her native Canada to Hungary and Edinburgh Zoo, from the hospital bed to the zoo enclosure, demonstrating that places can be as important as people in shaping our internal landscape. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
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