Table with Burning Candle Poems
Table with Burning Candle Poems by Julia Paul, published by Cornerstone Press, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2024, is an 86-page collection that delves into profound themes of loss and grief. This edition presents a poignant exploration of a parent’s experience following the death of a child due to opioid addiction and overdose. Through her poetry, Paul engages with complex emotions and questions surrounding death, absence, and the afterlife, offering a raw and honest reflection on navigating unimaginable sorrow.
Readers will find that the poems in this collection speak to various figures, including God and the coroner, as they confront the realities of grief and the significance of the body. Paul emphasizes the shared nature of grief, suggesting that expressing these feelings can foster resilience amidst chaos and beauty. The work is situated within the realms of literature and fiction, with a focus on poetry that resonates with regional and cultural themes, making it a thoughtful addition for those interested in the complexities of human emotion and experience.
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“With a dual sense of convulsion and care, Table with Burning Candle tackles a subject that is every parent’s worst nightmare-the death of a child. Grieving the loss of her son to opioid addiction and eventual overdose, Julia Paul questions how to move forward in the face of unspeakable loss. Poems speak to God, the coroner, and death itself. But more so, they confront death, absence, the importance, or lack thereof, of the body, and imagine the afterlife. Yet, as Paul reminds us, everyone knows grief, and sharing grief gives us the courage to live in the madness and beauty of the world, no matter the circumstance”–
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