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Elegy for Opportunity
In her debut collection, Natalie Lim asks: How do we go on living and loving in a time of overlapping crises?
Anchored by elegies for NASA’s Opportunity rover and a series of love poems, this collection explores the tension and beauty of a world marked by grief through meditations on Dungeons & Dragons, Taylor Swift’s cultural impact, the all-engulfing anxiety of the climate crisis and more. Confessional, funny and bursting with joy, Elegy for Opportunity extends a lifeline from Earth that will leave you feeling comforted, challenged and a little less alone in the universe.
The best poems in this collection are rich multilayered and are what poetic communion the subtle art of the emotional whisper that bond or transference between poet and reader is all about
—Chris Banks, The Woodlot
I recognize my own experience in her crisis at trying to hold two incompatible realities at once one in which we arent worth saving from the disasters of our own making another that bears every good and beautiful thing weve ever done
—Molly CrossBlanchard, Quill amp Quire starred review
A collection full of charm and openness that addresses the anxieties of modern life
—Alex Carrigan, the tmz Review
The collection is a testament to that soft ache of the human condition from the unspoken fears to the clinging of hope Each line carries empathy for not only the speaker of the poem but for all the readers too
—becky tu, Pancouver
The strength of these poems lies in their clear sightedness and their bravery Time and again Lim faces devastation in the same way she continues to address the dead rover the same way she continues to imagine a future persistently curiously lovingly
—melanie brannagan frederiksen, Winnipeg Free Press
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Dimensions:
80 Pages
8.5in * 5.75in * 0.25in
160gr
Published:
April 08, 2025
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ISBN:
9781998408153
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Language:
eng
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