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The following is excerpted from the Canadian Poetries review of Wavelengths of Your Song by Eleonore Schönmaier.
Even had I not read the short biographical note saying Eleonore Schönmaier ‘divides her time between Canada and The Netherlands,’ I would have wanted to make connections between her poems and the work of 17th century Dutch painters.
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While reading Wavelengths of Your Song, I often felt I could see the scenes unfold before me, as though I were walking around an art gallery – here a scene with musicians, and there a still life with two pears by a window. But one also hears a constant music in the poetry. In ‘Metronome,’ a conductor “tells his master / class not to use the body / but the hands to control / the orchestra with tight / gestures.”
Though not necessary to the enjoyment of the book, I can’t help but recommend pairing it with a glass of deep, red wine, a few slivers of dark chocolate and a bit of cello music in the background. One can hear the metronome, set at different tempos, throughout this collection, and Schönmaier reminds us of “the pulse at our wrists” even as the question arises: “Do we prefer / a metronome at centre /stage, a person we admire / or the ticking inside / our own head?”
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Eleonore has given us an extraordinary collection of poetry–usually I read prose or fiction when I’m settling for the night. Now I reach for “Wavelengths.”