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Poetry Women Authors

Bonsai Love

by (author) Diane Tucker

Publisher
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
Women Authors, Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550176438
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

Diane Tucker's Bonsai Love is an eloquent book of poems about the sensual delicacy of love. Carefully pruned, intricate in design, and sensitive to intrusion, these poems create an image of intimacy through reflection and in relation to nature, the universe, music, literature and art.

The voice that comes forth is one of self-doubt seeking reassurance: "Who wouldn't want her whole self rehearsed/from top to bottom, in every key, before being/laid down to rest in a marigold velvet bed?" It is a voice of caring and passion that seeks details ("Your hands have all the right calluses,/rough and smooth in the proper harmony") as well as larger philosophical answers ("You like the stars best:/once known, they stay the same.").
Bonsai Love is a discovery of love in all levels--a deep investigation of what it means to care and be cared for. In the end, the author does not settle on simple answers: "This heart is heavy to lift but small enough/to pocket and hide."

About the author

Diane Tucker writes fiction and poetry. Her poems have been published in numerous Canadian and international publications. Her first book of poetry, God on His Haunches (Nightwood Editions, 1996), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She has a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Tucker lives in Burnaby, BC, and is an active member of the Burnaby Writers' Society. Her poetry has been published in national and international publications, including AeringsGreen's MagazineThe New Quarterly and Canadian Literature.

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