Book Of Poetry: Deepstep Come Shining By C.d. Wright

[InsideAWord]

Hi everyone. I'm an English major and I'm currently writing my thesis on how the book-length poem by C.D. Wright uses ghost tropes that "haunt" the reader throughout the novel to express actions of suffering and healing through the various short stories that sporadically play out throughout the novel. Much similar to a PTSD episode, the stories are fragmented and short, but will pop up again in the poem.

It is a wonderful poem if any of you enjoy reading poetry as much as myself. She is a modern poet who currently teaches at Brown University. You can also hear Wright reading her book-length poem on the UPenn website.

If you are interested in discussing this poem, let me know. Also, I'm going to post a poll just to gauge how everyone is here.

 

[Hashi]

Much similar to a PTSD episode, the stories are fragmented and short, but will pop up again in the poem.

I only listened to about ten minutes. Based on only that, personally I don't relate this poem to my experience of PTSD at all.

I'm not sure what you mean by an "episode". I know people use that term quite a lot but I don't know what they mean by it or if everyone means the same thing. At any rate, what I heard doesn't make me think of PTSD

I'm afraid there was nothing that got my attention in it, PTSD-related or otherwise.

I like poetry in general though. I'm very helped my some poems.

 

[InsideAWord]

Sorry, I just meant that the short stories strewn throughout the poem are essentially tales about suffering and healing.