Precious Energy
by Shannon Bramer /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Poetry. PRECIOUS ENERGY, the fourth collection of poetry from
Hamilton-born poet and playwright Shannon Bramer, is a uniquely
playful collection of vibrantly sad, peculiar, and often funny
poems about domestic isolation, motherhood, and the baffled child
that remains within us all even as we grow up and into whatever
person we keep trying to become. Featuring a coterie of subjects,
from fish sticks and LEGO pieces to mothers too tired to have sex
and solitary swans in everyone's basement, these poems dexterously
navigate a landscape of domestic isolation, insecure attachments,
and confused personal boundaries with honesty and unexpected
humour.
Poetry. PRECIOUS ENERGY, the fourth collection of poetry from
Hamilton-born poet and playwright Shannon Bramer, is a uniquely
playful collection of vibrantly sad, peculiar, and often funny
poems about domestic isolation, motherhood, and the baffled child
that remains within us all even as we grow up and into whatever
person we keep trying to become. Featuring a coterie of subjects,
from fish sticks and LEGO pieces to mothers too tired to have sex
and solitary swans in everyone's basement, these poems dexterously
navigate a landscape of domestic isolation, insecure attachments,
and confused personal boundaries with honesty and unexpected
humour.
"Shannon Bramer writes with a candor that is as clever as it is
devastating. Through masterfully crafted studies of the everyday,
Bramer transcends, in the manner of Lydia Davis, drawing the
domestic into utter sublimity. These poems cut the crap, delving
instead into the strange territory of the inner psyche so many
flinch away from. It is not hyperbolic when I say PRECIOUS ENERGY
contains some of the most affecting, unique poems out there today.
I anxiously await her next collection."—Robin Richardson
"Shannon Bramer writes with a candor that is as clever as it is
devastating. Through masterfully crafted studies of the everyday,
Bramer transcends, in the manner of Lydia Davis, drawing the
domestic into utter sublimity. These poems cut the crap, delving
instead into the strange territory of the inner psyche so many
flinch away from. It is not hyperbolic when I say PRECIOUS ENERGY
contains some of the most affecting, unique poems out there today.
I anxiously await her next collection."—Robin Richardson
"With this collection Bramer has redeemed modern poetry. She has
wrestled it away from the academic arms of intellectual constructs
while simultaneously destroying the notion of dainty phrases
trapped in dusty tombs. These poems don't sit on a shelf but in the
front of your mind on the tip of your tongue. PRECIOUS ENERGY is a
must for anyone who has ever had their clothes drenched in a
child's vomit, seen their cell phone as the enemy, momentarily
failed to recognize their lover or wondered what the point of all
this is. And these poems are funny! I can't recommend this book
highly enough."—Andrew Kaufman
"With this collection Bramer has redeemed modern poetry. She has
wrestled it away from the academic arms of intellectual constructs
while simultaneously destroying the notion of dainty phrases
trapped in dusty tombs. These poems don't sit on a shelf but in the
front of your mind on the tip of your tongue. PRECIOUS ENERGY is a
must for anyone who has ever had their clothes drenched in a
child's vomit, seen their cell phone as the enemy, momentarily
failed to recognize their lover or wondered what the point of all
this is. And these poems are funny! I can't recommend this book
highly enough."—Andrew Kaufman