Oceanic
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Poetry, Most Recommended Books, and Poetry.
In her fourth collection, Aimee Nezhukumatathil hums a bright blue note_x0097_a sensuous love song to the Earth and its inhabitants. Oceanic is both a title and an ethos of radical inclusion, inviting in the grief of an elephant, the icy eyes of a scallop, _x0093_the ribs / of a silver silo,_x0094_ and the bright flash of painted fingernails. With unmatched sincerit...
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