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Diane Tucker writes from experience and "the sustaining power of memory" in this first collection of poems. She writes of falling in love with the wrong person: "For you I ride without a seat belt, willing to be thrown clear at first impact"; her daughter at four months, whose fingertips "are globes of amber salmon roe/ cool smooth/ and salty"; and growing up as an adopted child: "mystery breathes on my bare shoulders/ whispers between my spread-eagled arms: / you could be anyone in the whole wide world."
Tucker treats her subjects with respect, compassion and a subtle playfulness. Her love of language, humour and poetic consciousness transforms images from everyday life into lyrical, intimate and original works of art, offering the reader fresh insights - with just a touch of magic.
Diane Tucker writes from experience and "the sustaining power of memory" in this first collection of poems. She writes of falling in love with the wrong person: "For you I ride without a seat belt, willing to be thrown clear at first impact"; her daughter at four months, whose fingertips "are globes of amber salmon roe/ cool smooth/ and salty"; and growing up as an adopted child: "mystery breathes on my bare shoulders/ whispers between my spread-eagled arms: / you could be anyone in the whole wide world."
Tucker treats her subjects with respect, compassion and a subtle playfulness. Her love of language, humour and poetic consciousness transforms images from everyday life into lyrical, intimate and original works of art, offering the reader fresh insights - with just a touch of magic.
for my biological father
again it is the time
The Community Relations of a Certain Ms. Nevin
Old Soul
your cool car
Will I wait?
a supine mountain
the neighbourhood watches
adultery
hollows
Then you said "Please don't break my heart."
Little Mags
For a Woman of Note
if the waves washed you up pregnant cat
stretch marks
Beth's Dream
kathy dreams
Beth, four months
kathy
Poems About You
Summer Evening
Kathleen Denise
Kissing Van Gogh
theatre under the stars
Teddy
dance of falling down
falling in love with a fat man
Deciduous
in the garden butterflies
Louise, lost to Alzleimer's
Julia, your shirt
Praise Song
God's hair
In Jerusalem God is a Chinese Waiter
Late Supper
God on his haunches
Diane L. 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 Aerings, Green's Magazine, The New Quarterly and Canadian Literature.
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