Saturday, March 3, 2012
Of all of McPherson's poems, the one that drew me in the most was Willia Ette Graham's Infinity Log Cabin Quilt, Oakland, 1987. The imagery is incredibly vivid and does an amazing job of depicting the process and significance of the stories that are behing different pieces that compose a quilt. It shows how people can take something as free flowing and abstract as a memory can take on such a concrete form when put in context of a quilt. My favorite line from the poem, a line I think exemplifies my previos point, is "Ripples in her universe have angles" (p. 70). This line caught my attention as I found myself rereading it over and over again, amazed at how perfect this line depicted my exact thoughts. I also enjoyed the last line that spoke on how quilts are compact and foldable but when they are spread out they carry so much history. I truly enjoyed this piece of work and applaud McPherson for doing such an amazing job in writing it.
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