num_pages: 88
description: Writing in The Hudson Review,        David Mason has characterized Lorna Goodison's work as a "revelation        to me, much of it beautiful for its simple negotiation of the line between        life and art."      One of the most distinguished        contemporary poets of the Caribbean, Goodison draws on both African and        European inheritances in her finely crafted poems, which often carry a        sense of language's healing power in the face of the pain of the past.        She deals thematically with the struggle of Caribbean women and writes        in a fashion that has developed from conversational to more ritualistic.      From reviews of Goodison's        earlier       "The evocative power        of Lorna Goodison's poetry derives its urgency and appeal from the heart-and-mind        concerns she has for language, history, racial identity, and gender."        Andrew Salkey -- World Literature Today      "A marvelous poet, one        to savor and to chant aloud."        -- Pat Monaghan, Booklist 
language: English
title: To Us, All Flowers Are Roses: POEMS (Illinois Poetry
titlecomplete: To Us, All Flowers Are Roses: POEMS (Illinois Poetry (Paperback))
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 16
publisher: University of Illinois Press