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Handwriting | Michael Ondaatje
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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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Lcsmcat
Handwriting | Michael Ondaatje
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Started the day with a little poetry from a new-to-me poet.

TheSpineView New to me too! Looking forward to what you think. 5y
Cathythoughts I didn‘t know he wrote poetry ... must have a look 5y
Lcsmcat @Cathythoughts I didn‘t either. And I confess I haven‘t read The English Patient, but it‘s on my TBR. 5y
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Lcsmcat @TheSpineView I was unaware that he wrote poetry. So far I‘m impressed- they‘re simple but powerful. 5y
batsy @Cathythoughts I love what little of his poetry that I read. I think you'll enjoy it ❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @batsy thanks, I think so too. I‘ve only seen the English Patient ... but that‘s enough to get a sense of what it might be like 5y
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dariazeoli
Handwriting | Michael Ondaatje
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Just wrote my first #litsypenpals letter! I cannot get over my atrocious handwriting! @12parsecs I may have to send you a magnifying glass in a future package! Practice makes perfect 👌

Hoping to mail it this weekend!

Gezemice Your handwriting is super neat. I cannot even read mine. 7y
Eyelit So your handwriting is better than mine - so heads up when my note gets to you (apologies in advance) 😆 7y
dariazeoli @Gezemice @Eyelit I think it's great that we readers are all ashamed of our handwriting 🤣 7y
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12parsecs I love it 😂! Mine is smudge central so we will see who's is harder to read!! 7y
Rachael_reads My handwriting is horrible! 7y
Gezemice @dariazeoli I am not kidding - my husband can't read the grocery list. I have to go over it with him 7y
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