For
Saraband
“Carolle Bourne is a fine poet with a rare combination
of sensuality and wry wit. She can make words dance…able
to express all the poignancy of loss and pain while retaining
the mocking detachment of a latter-day Dorothy Parker. A
truly original and refreshing voice from the Caribbean.”
- Pauline Melville
“I encourage her to put her poetry to music so I
can sing her songs and not just read them.”
- Boscoe Holder
“Saraband is a collection of poetry that will reward
the reader with themes that have always explored the human
condition…that stand out with clarity of vision that
make us stop and acknowledge an instant friendship.”
- Nick Whittle
“…from poem to poem, this book grows…”
- Kamau Brathwaite
"...this slim volume of poems takes a wry look at
the stubborn heart and the slings and arrows it suffers
for the sake of its moments of pleasure. Worldly but never
world-weary, the briefest of these poems are often the best:
nervy balancing acts, pirouetting on a silver tightrope
suspended over depths either sublime or terrible or both."
-The Caribbean Review of Books
"Saraband...celebrates Caribbean identity, and, particularly,
Carib heritage, for the author is a descendent of Chatoyer,
an 18th-century chief and St. Vincent's first national hero....
Fascinatingly, Bourne often shifts between Victorian phrases
and street-talk: an ex-colonial tic."
- Halifax Chronicle Herald
"Her language is simple, yet her work, on a whole,
reflects considerable thought. [Bourne] incorporates classical,
literary, historical, religious and even contemporary allusions
to wonderful effect while at the same time paying homage
to some of the works that have influenced her, each recognition
bringing a smile to the lips."
-Groove (in the Nation newspaper)
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