Description
ALL MY WORDS ARE WILD GOSHAWKS
Book Summary
This first poetry collection by Gloria Fortún is a visceral chant to the construction of a unique language within the territory of love between women. The poet deploys a resounding and dissident voice that celebrates the body, desire, and sensuality from a perspective that challenges the norms of the aesthetic canon and moderation. Through her verses, the author explores longing and passion for a mythical female figure, who appears as a buccaneer, goddess, or cowgirl, in a context marked by global lockdown. It is a work that founds an intimate homeland where words are released like wild goshawks in search of their recipient.
What is it about?
The collection is articulated around the experience of love and desire between women, expressed through a poetic voice that celebrates itself and its physicality. The author constructs her own language that sings and, at times, shouts passion, sensuality, and the reclamation of a body that does not conform to established standards. A central female figure, of a mythical and changing character, runs through the entire work as the recipient of desire and longing. This love unfolds in a setting of confinement, which intensifies the search and the waiting. The poet, like a falconer, launches her words into the sky, hoping her beloved will extend her arm to receive them.
Main Themes
- Love and desire between women as a foundational experience of a unique language.
- Reclamation of the dissident, beautiful, and sensual body, outside the normative aesthetic canon.
- Construction of a poetic and affective identity in a context of confinement and isolation.
- The beloved female figure as a mythical and changing entity (buccaneer, goddess, cowgirl).
- The poetic word as an act of release and search, like a wild goshawk in freedom.
Who is it recommended for?
It is aimed at readers interested in contemporary poetry with a powerful and personal voice, especially those seeking a lyrical exploration of lesbian desire and dissident physicality. It is also a relevant work for those who value poetry that integrates intimate experience with current social and emotional contexts, such as lockdown.
What this book offers
- A fresh and bold poetic perspective on love between women, far from traditional romantic tropes.
- A celebration of the body and sensuality from a non-normative gaze, inviting self-acceptance.
- A unique poetic language, intense and loaded with powerful images that connect the intimate with the mythical.
- A reflection on desire and waiting in a context of isolation, which resonates with contemporary experiences.
Technical Data
- Author: Gloria Fortún
- Publisher: Dos Bigotes
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Poetry, Individual poets' poetry, Modern and contemporary fiction
- Collection: Dos Bigotes
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition Date: February 2021
- Number of pages: 140
- Weight: 123 g
Editorial Review
This is a debut work that surprises with the forcefulness of its voice and the coherence of its proposal. Gloria Fortún manages to create a lyrical universe where desire and identity intertwine with a language that is at once intimate and expansive. The work will be of special interest to those looking for poetry that dialogues with the body, dissidence, and emotion without concessions. It is a book that invites to be read aloud to appreciate the strength of its images and the musicality of its verses.