Bittersweet : poems / Natasha Ramoutar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramoutar, Natasha, 1994- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

77 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Mawenzi Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Bittersweet is a collage representing both a reconstructed homeland and Scarborough, Ontario. It considers memory using photographs, maps, language, and folklore. Bringing together definitions, recipes, cartography, photo albums, and oral stories, it meditates on themes of obscured and suppressed history, theft, time, and liminality. The poems journey from Toronto to Guyana to South Asia, and Scarborough remains omnipresent, with a mix of identities and a strong, active, and boisterous youthful presence."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bittersweet (adj.) p. 1

Cartography I p. 2

Brave New World p. 3

On Reading p. 4

Tea Leaves p. 5

Kali p. 6

Moon Children p. 7

To those who came before- p. 8

Fire p. 9

Tracer p. 10

Bird Song p. 11

Us Diaspora Babies, We Do Not Sleep p. 12

Time II p. 14

Many Tongues p. 15

Translation by Sound p. 16

Savasana | Corpse Pose p. 17

Ink p. 18

Navigator p. 20

This Be the Verse p. 21

Port Royal p. 22

Atlantis p. 23

Aeroplane p. 24

Rock Bottom p. 25

Parts & Labours p. 26

Earth p. 27

East p. 28

Meadowvale p. 29

198 p. 30

Time III p. 31

Travellers p. 32

Brimley, All the Way South p. 33

All Inclusive p. 34

Jumbie (noun) p. 35

Bloody Mary p. 36

Sweet Like Sugar p. 37

Swell p. 38

Air p. 39

Kaiteur p. 40

Gold p. 41

My First Love p. 42

Woods and Water p. 43

Beached p. 44

Like Makeshift Crowns p. 45

Cartography II p. 47

Water p. 48

Eternal Summer p. 49

And We Got Older p. 50

Famous Players p. 51

The Alchemists p. 52

Atlas Hugged p. 53

The History of Movement p. 54

Rewind p. 55

Tandem p. 56

Whose Mans? p. 57

Howl p. 58

Rouge Rocks p. 59

Murmuring of Starlings p. 60

Sweetermans (noun) p. 61

Sweetened Words p. 62

Salt p. 63

Dead Watch p. 64

Photograph p. 65

Heat p. 66

Melting Pot p. 67

Suture p. 68

Egg Shells p. 69

Time I p. 70

Blue Prints p. 71

Unravel p. 72.

Other Format:

Online version: Ramoutar, Natasha, 1994- Bittersweet.

ISBN:

9781774150207

1774150204

OCLC:

1145433530

Publisher Number:

99985819832