Mama Yetta and Other Poems
by Hermine Pinson
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5.5 x 8.5 inch
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Critical Praise for Mama Yetta and Other Poems
In our fragmented and what we may call our post postmodern world, where true intimacy and the community upon which it depends become increasingly rare, Hermine Pinson's Mama Yetta emerges as a poetic tour de force as well as a balm for the aching spirit. In Mama Yetta's sacred village, we can rest, listen to the music, and find the strength to go on.
— Joanne M. Braxton, editor of The Collected Poetry of Laurence Dunbar, and the author of Black Women Writing Autobiography and Sometimes I Think of Maryland
Hermine Pinsons Mama Yetta is steeped in history family history, southern history, soul history. Hermine testifies to the strength of matriarchs in her powerful prose poem, "Mama Yetta," which invokes a wise grandmother who knows how to save a marriage, keep rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot, and call forth spirits of land, air, and sea. Hermine testifies to the sorrows and wisdom of fathers, in her wonderful "Daddy Poem" ("A black man does what he can, does what he can, daughter"). She testifies to the strength and beauty of daughters ("a/ peace/ rose/ sang through the flesh/in a tiny texas winter. . ."). With wit and resourcefulness aplenty, Hermine demonstrates a true ear for speach and a full heart for poetry.
— Nancy Schoenberger, author of Long Like a River
What Hermine Pinson knows of remembrance could recreate Heaven itself. Mama Yetta and Other Poems is a joyous trek through, in, over and under the world that we will all have hoped to have lived in. Warning: Hold your heart when you read "Daddy Poem." Just hold your heart.
— James Mardis, editor of KenteCloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora
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In our fragmented and what we may call our post postmodern world, where true intimacy and the community upon which it depends become increasingly rare, Hermine Pinson's Mama Yetta emerges as a poetic tour de force as well as a balm for the aching spirit. In Mama Yetta's sacred village, we can rest, listen to the music, and find the strength to go on. --Joanne M. Braxton, editor of The Collected Poetry of Laurence Dunbar, and the author of Black Women Writing Autobiography and Sometimes I Think of Maryland
Hermine Pinsons Mama Yetta is steeped in history family history, southern history, soul history. Hermine testifies to the strength of matriarchs in her powerful prose poem, "Mama Yetta," which invokes a wise grandmother who knows how to save a marriage, keep rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot, and call forth spirits of land, air, and sea. Hermine testifies to the sorrows and wisdom of fathers, in her wonderful "Daddy Poem" ("A black man does what he can, does what he can, daughter"). She testifies to the strength and beauty of daughters ("a/ peace/ rose/ sang through the flesh/in a tiny texas winter. . ."). With wit and resourcefulness aplenty, Hermine demonstrates a true ear for speach and a full heart for poetry. --Nancy Schoenberger, author of Long Like a River
What Hermine Pinson knows of remembrance could recreate Heaven itself. Mama Yetta and Other Poems is a joyous trek through, in, over and under the world that we will all have hoped to have lived in. Warning: Hold your heart when you read "Daddy Poem." Just hold your heart. --James Mardis, editor of KenteCloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora
About This Author
Read more about Hermine Pinson HERE.
