Red Suitcase (American Poets Continuum)
Palestine forms the backdrop for this book, as it does for immigr{‚}e poet Nye's life. Some of her most powerful poems deal with her native land's continuing search for peace and the echoes of that search that resound in an individual life. Nye is a fluid poet, and her poems are also full of the urgency of spoken language. Her direct, unadorned vocabulary serves her well: "A boy filled a bottle with water. / He let it sit. / Three days later it held the power / of three days." Such directness has its own mystery, its own depth and power, which Nye exploits to great effect.Pat Monaghan--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.