Sit How You Want

Power and sex take centre stage in Robin Richardson’s formidable third collection, Sit How You Want. Plane crashes and automobile mishaps are the backdrop for female narrators who grapple with terror, anxiety, and powerlessness: “When I say I’m fine I mean the sky has opened / like an old wound under scurvy.” In their grim wit, sinister straight talk, and sometimes violent bawdiness, Richardson’s poems work as counter-charms against the lingering trauma of abusive relationships, both familial and romantic. The book embodies a belief in poetry as an instrument of change, a tool for transforming pain into exuberant verbal energy: “It is the thrill of ruination / makes us innovate.”

Puterea si sexul ocupa locul central in formidabila a treia colectie a lui Robin Richardson, Sit How You Want. Accidente de avion si neplaceri ale automobilelor sunt fondul naratorilor care se confrunta cu teroare, anxietate si neputinta: „Cand spun ca sunt bine, vreau sa spun ca cerul s-a deschis / ca o veche rana sub scorbut” In spiritul lor sumbru, sinistru discurs direct si, uneori, obraznicie violenta, poeziile lui Richardson functioneaza ca contra-farmece impotriva traumei persistente a relatiilor abuzive, atat familiale, cat si romantice.