In the short poem “Feedback,” Normile writes: “We don’t get a lot of opportunities to give men feedback./Personally, I hated being raped.” And in “Like Poem” she writes: “I want to build a careful nest around your name./I want to pull a splinter out of your heel/and feel it coming up in my spine.” These poems are filled with omens, insights, and the dangerously funny and heartbreaking intuition of a young storyteller who knows how to wield language for all it’s worth. Each one swings at the reader, not to harm (maybe just a little), but most definitely to connect. These poems are tremendous feats, breaking the boundaries of emotional substance. But you’ll inevitably have to-to wipe tears from your eyes, cover your mouth as you scream with laughter, and pace the room wondering how in the hell she came up with such damn good lines.
But you’ll inevitably have to-to wipe tears from your eyes, cover your mouth as you scream with laughter, and pace the room wondering how in the hell she came up with such damn good lines.ĪDVERTISEMENT Chessy Normile’s Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party is a book so good from a voice so original, you won’t want to put it down. poems poetrycommunity poem chessynormileĬhessy Normile ’s Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party is a book so good from a voice so original, you won’t want to put it down.
These poems are filled with omens, insights, and the dangerously funny and heartbreaking intuition of a young storyteller who knows how to wield language for all it’s worth.
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