The Truth Is - Shalom, Vivienne
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The voice behind the collection of poems, The Truth Is, knows well the complicated relationships children have with their parents, especially the relationship daughters have with their mothers. In poems that span the years from being a child to being an adult, from the time her mother "carries me off/to put on pajamas," until the poet understands that her mother must "make the voyage alone/while we remain at shore," we are privileged to see how the poet taps into memory with fact and image, how she values both past and present, how, like the poet Yevtushenko, she shows us that "no life is…mehr

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The voice behind the collection of poems, The Truth Is, knows well the complicated relationships children have with their parents, especially the relationship daughters have with their mothers. In poems that span the years from being a child to being an adult, from the time her mother "carries me off/to put on pajamas," until the poet understands that her mother must "make the voyage alone/while we remain at shore," we are privileged to see how the poet taps into memory with fact and image, how she values both past and present, how, like the poet Yevtushenko, she shows us that "no life is uninteresting" and she, too, makes her "lament against destruction." For the poet's mother at the end of life, words "don't make/ sentences the way they used to/...and veer off into distant rooms." The words in these poems are precise, poignant, and poised between sadness and joy. They return us to our own distant rooms, allowing us a chance for exploration. --Anita Skeen, Judge of Jonathan Holden Poetry Chapbook Contest
Autorenporträt
Vivienne Shalom grew up in a large family in a tight-knit Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. She has been a committee member of the Boston group "Rozzie Reads Poetry" for many years as well as a local featured poet. Two of her poems appeared in Tell Tale Inkings #5. Vivienne is the author of the children's book, The Color of Things (Rizzoli 1995). A former ESL teacher, graphic designer and welder, she is currently retired and active in her community and in the arts. She lives in Boston with her husband, Stephen Soldz.These poems explore the journey of her mother's illness during the last years of her life. These years coincide with the covid 19 pandemic and bring up many memories.