Grasp Excavation Composed By Janet Jerve Depicted In Electronic Format

Excavation, Janet Jerve investigates the complexity of a woman's journey though a family history that includes a father who is both nurturing and incestuous, She explores situations of seeing/not seeing by family members and herself, After the father's death, the woman breaks through her own forgetfulness the child's buried memory and the excavation of the title poem begins:, . . "it's hammer time". In language rich and surprising, Jerve's metaphors and images spread across the universe of pop culture, domestic life, the natural world and history: geography and, Magellen, the ghost Topper, racism, avalanche, Medusa, dinosaurs, yoga, MC Hammer, the Beatitudes, stones, and Boo Radley.


The last section of the book celebrates remembering, the pleasures of the body and family, the pleasures of movement, as in the girl who was never held down again from the poem "Letting Go".
The book follows the arc described in Jungian terms by Jeanne Houstonthe hero who goes into the wilderness in great danger, experiences losses, and comes back with gifts for the community.

By the time I finished reading this book, it seemed as though I'd read a novel, such is the Excavation's complexity and rich texture, I've dogeared pages to use as inspiration for my own writing and for teaching, The poems are complex, finely crafted as well as accessible to the reader who doesnt usually “like” poetry,
With thanks to the author for sharing her story,


"In Excavation, a collection of lyric, narrative, and experimental poems, Janet Jerve investigates the complexity of a woman's journey though a family history that includes a father who is both nurturing and incestuous.
She explores situations of seeing/not seeing by family members and the self, After the father's death, the woman breaks through her own forgetfulness the child's buried memory and the excavation of the title poem begins, . . These poems are accomplished in craft and form, powerful in feeling, " Roseann Lloyd, author, of The Boy Who Slept Under the Stars: A Memoir in Poetry,