The Madness Vase: By Andrea Gibson Gibson AndreaPaperback
The Madness Vase: By Andrea Gibson Gibson AndreaPaperback Andrea Gibson's second book of poems, The Madness Vase, offers a breathtaking continuation of the poet's most tender and honest work. The…
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The Madness Vase: By Andrea Gibson Gibson AndreaPaperback
Andrea Gibson's second book of poems, The Madness Vase, offers a breathtaking continuation of the poet's most tender and honest work. The poems' topics range from hate crimes to playgrounds, from international conflict to hometowns, from falling in love to the desperation of loneliness. Her fist book, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns opened the door to Gibson's unapologetic voice, yet The Madness Vase manages to take an even more intimate look at the subjects of family, war, spirituality, gender, grief and hope.
Moments later, we find ourselves inhaling words that fill us with light. Gibson's work seizes us by the collar and hauls us inside some of her darkest moments, then releases out the other side. Her luminous imagery is a buoy that allows us to resurface from her world clutching new possibilities of our own.
Throughout her career, Gibson's poems have always been a call to social