EuropaMany of the poems in Moniza Alvi's "Europa" relate to ancient and modern traumas, including enforced exile, alienation, rape and 'honour killing'. Its centre-piece is a re-imagining of the story of the rape of Europa by Jupiter as a bull. Her latest collection also includes a series of poems exploring post-traumatic stress disorder, and further versions of the French poet Jules Supervielle with their Second World War background. "Europa" is a dark, unified book whose poems move towards regeneration. It is published at the same time as "Moniza Alvi's Split World: Poems 1990-2005". |
Contents
PostTraumatic | 10 |
Her Symptoms | 12 |
Memory Memory | 13 |
Key Words | 14 |
In Response | 15 |
Candle | 16 |
The Sleeping Wound | 17 |
So Much More | 18 |
Hanging | 46 |
Sunday | 47 |
Honour | 48 |
The Veil | 49 |
To My Posthumous Self | 50 |
Fish Swimming | 51 |
In the Forest | 52 |
Red Apples | 53 |
Interior Degas | 19 |
The Beautiful Apology | 20 |
Mermaid | 21 |
The Ride | 22 |
EUROPA AND THE BULL | 23 |
Night | 40 |
The Trees Outside My Window | 41 |
War and Peace on Earth | 42 |
Hold My Breath in This Country With Its Sad Past | 44 |
The Crossing | 45 |
Europas Dream | 54 |
Island | 55 |
Outsider | 56 |
A Gift | 57 |
Intimation | 58 |
Happiness | 59 |
Upholding the | 60 |
Not Exactly | 62 |
King Agenor | 63 |
Copyright | |