What I remember from my time on earth

Patricia Young

House of Anansi Press 1997

review by: paulo da costa

you will remember Even the Brilliant Chimpanzees, Pompeii, 17th Century, Walking Down the Staircase, you will remember a journey of eloquent and primitive emotions showing us that in the end what we will remember from this time on earth is the place where souls meet: in relationship, excavating the soul/soil of our lovers, our children, friends, even strangers, finding each other in separation, in togetherness, the places between.

For years you have been my excavation, I

have been yours. Together we have

dug and tapped and silted

through layers so that now sometimes

we break through these walls

with all their contradictions.

- from "The Place Where Souls Meet"

What I remember from my time on earth lays another stone in Young's poetic castle. A castle constructed to last.

©paulodacosta