August 11, 2019August 11, 2019 0 Comments
“Showboat” by Grace Cavalieri – Review“Showboat” by Grace Cavalieri – Review
Showboat by Grace Cavalieri is available on Amazon
Showboat can be seen as one long poem or as a series of short poems, but either way, it can also be viewed as a lovely necklace with pearls and nuggets of gold. As she describes the life of a Naval wife, and of those she met along the way, we are given small portraits and long arcs. Showboat is elegant in the way it melds simplicity and depth.
One example is the following stanza:
That august a plane crashed
It was Donna’s pilot we went there
Her tan arms her white linen dress
The knock on the door
Thank God her door was not our door
Don’t say that out loud
Blonde Donna who never thought
anything bad
Now she’s as human as it gets
It was Donna’s pilot we went there
Her tan arms her white linen dress
The knock on the door
Thank God her door was not our door
Don’t say that out loud
Blonde Donna who never thought
anything bad
Now she’s as human as it gets
There is a lovely succinctness to these words. Volumes are compressed into a few lines and we’re taken on a journey of decades within a few pages. I heartily recommend you spend some time and enjoy the ride.
