StoryStudio student Jenene Ravesloot has just published her first books of poetry. “Loot: Stolen Memories & Tales Out of School” features dream-like memories of childhood, poignant observations, and a layering of images that immerse readers into the work.
Jenene has been working with StoryStudio instructor Paige Warren on many of the poems in the collection; Paige describes Jenene’s work as “at once familiar and foreign.”
“Loot” is available to buy through the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. Here’s one of the poems to whet your curiosity:
1
It suits you
to be arbitrary
to paint the day
with inky fingers
make a blank
of things.
2
Has the moon
taught you Mandarin?
Now you speak in
lacquered tones
fold the night around you
like a Coromandel screen.
3
Your eyes are wild cranes.
Your arms reach out
and feather
hesitate and fly
silently you glide
into sky.
