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In Poem for Jenne, which opens Jacqueline Osherows ambitious and challenging newcollection, a neighbor has planted larkspur and delphinium in the poets yard and is tending them hoping to bring color and light into a household stricken by personal tragedy. As the bright blue, starshaped flowers bloom for a second time, the poet writes, earths reaching for her heavens, I for words / or any chink of rapture I can claim. The pervasive theme, in this poem and throughout Whitethorn, is that human suffering may be irremediable, yet in nature and language one may find a key to unlock the mysteries of sorrow.Osherow searches for that cipher by exploring a range of suffering, from the personal to the historical and cultural. In the poem Orders of Infinity she visits Treblinka and, in her inability to count the stones or quantify the real loss of the Holocaust, ponders the impossibility of imagining the unborn generations of the victims descendants, an infinity of lives not lived, undreamed daydreams, mute conversations, ungratified indulgences, failed hints...In Whitethorn, a book of enormous scope and emotional intelligence, Osherow unflinchingly examines the pain of her own personal history and courageously probes the greater mystery of evil and suffering in the world.
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The poems in this Whitethorn collection are quite moving. I enjoyed most of the verses and found them thought-provoking. However, the book arrived with a slightly damaged cover due to poor packaging. It's a shame because the content is lovely. I still read it, just wish it had been protected better during shipping.
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James O'Connor
Good Read, But Packaging Needs Improvement
The poems in this Whitethorn collection are quite moving. I enjoyed most of the verses and found them thought-provoking. However, the book arrived with a slightly damaged cover due to poor packaging. It's a shame because the content is lovely. I still read it, just wish it had been protected better during shipping.
J
James O'Connor
Good Read, But Packaging Needs Improvement
The poems in this Whitethorn collection are quite moving. I enjoyed most of the verses and found them thought-provoking. However, the book arrived with a slightly damaged cover due to poor packaging. It's a shame because the content is lovely. I still read it, just wish it had been protected better during shipping.
A
Amina Patel
Disappointing Quality of Paper
I was excited to read the Whitethorn Sea Cliff poems, but I was let down by the quality of the paper used. It’s quite thin and feels cheap, which takes away from the overall experience. The poems themselves are decent but not as captivating as I expected. I wouldn’t recommend this unless you’re okay with lower quality materials.
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Amina Patel
Disappointing Quality of Paper
I was excited to read the Whitethorn Sea Cliff poems, but I was let down by the quality of the paper used. It’s quite thin and feels cheap, which takes away from the overall experience. The poems themselves are decent but not as captivating as I expected. I wouldn’t recommend this unless you’re okay with lower quality materials.
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