Sidewalk Cruiseship : Poems

Name: Sidewalk Cruiseship : Poems
Brand: University of New Mexico Press

University of New Mexico Press

Sidewalk CruiseshipPoems\nAuthor(s): Mary Oishi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of New Mexico Press, United States\nImprint: University of New Mexico Press\nISBN-13: 9780826366238, 978-0826366238\nSynopsis\nWritten by the \""\""pandemic poet laureate\""\"" of Albuquerque, Sidewalk Cruiseship draws on Oishi's remarkable ability to illustrate the world around her and the people in it. Separated into eleven short sections by traditional Japanese tankas, the poems in Oishi's newest collection take on the macro and the micro. They respond to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the contentious political climate as they draw readers in to witness intimate moments of people and scenes within Oishi's beloved city of Albuquerque. The poems explore such themes as mental illness, the joys and sorrows of motherhood, what it is to be a woman in the world, and aging and death. Readers will come away with a better sense of Albuquerque and its inhabitants and will get an intimate look at one .