Handwriting Poems
Handwriting Poems by Michael Ondaatje is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 14, 2000. This collection features 96 pages of poetry that draws on themes of history, mythology, and personal memories, presenting a rich tapestry of images that explore the complexities of lost loves, homes, and language.
Readers will find that the poems in Handwriting evoke a sense of longing and anguish, as Ondaatje contemplates the nuances of human experience through lyrical language. The collection captures moments of beauty and reflection, inviting readers to engage with the delicate interplay of scents and gestures. This edition showcases Ondaatje’s ability to weave together vivid imagery and emotional depth, affirming his position within the realm of contemporary poetry.
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“Tumultuous, vibrant, tragic and over too soon.” —Newsday
Handwriting is Michael Ondaatje’s first new book of poetry since The Cinnamon Peeler. The exquisite poems collected here draw on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories to weave a rich tapestry of images that reveal the longing for–and expose the anguish over–lost loves, homes, and language, as the poet contemplates scents and gestures and evokes a time when “handwriting occurred on waves, / on leaves, the scripts of smoke” and remembers a woman’s “laughter with its / intake of breath. Uhh huh.”
Crafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, Handwriting reminds us of Michael Ondaatje’s stature as one of the finest poets writing today.
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