Pleasant poems - “a bidding” was my favourite, filled with childhood magic and possibilities.

“I imagined a lot of things. That I would shine. That I'd be good. I'd dwell bareheaded on a summit turning a wheel that would turn the earth undetected, amongst the clouds, I would have some influence; be of some avail.”

I found this to be a nice book to hang with- It’s not as powerful as some of the things that she writes, but it feels nice and intimate. I love her poetry in the way her words flow, you don’t get that in most books written nowadays ( )

A poetic little memoir, of childhood, of dreams, of the evolution of a dreamer and an artist, and here at least are they not the same. Worth savoring slowly. ( )

Woolgathering
By Patti Smith
2011, New Directions
Hardcover, 80pp

"...I am moved by a sense of longing to be again what I was not."

It makes sense that it was Rikki Ducornet who pointed me to Patti Smith, specifically this exuberant little memoir. Like Ducornet, language is clay in Smith's hands. Every other sentence is worthy of highlighting, and the comma-splice is employed with artistic brilliance. The pages of this gem will not fail to tug at your heart. ( )

I am a bit biased
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