Overview
The book consists of two sorts of poems. The numbered “Imagined Sons†poems are little scenes where the author/narrator imagines, over a period of years, just what might have become of the son she gave up for adoption at birth in 1986. She imagines all sorts of destinies for him from the mundane (supermarket clerk) to the lively (singer-songwriter). Sometimes the scenes are realistic and sometimes they are steeped in the surreal: “visions†that evoke nightmares or practical jokes. The other “Birthmother’s Catechisms†poems present the author/narrator’s emotions more nakedly, in chorus-like laments for what might be or might have been.Reviews
"In Imagined Sons Carrie Etter reflects on the experience of a birthmother who gave up her son when she was seventeen. . . . This quite extraordinary book by a writer of great imagistic power and skill . . . leaves a mark on the reader which is ineradicable. These are poems of the utmost importance.â€Â —Bernard O’Donoghue, poet and senior member of the Oxford University Poetry SocietyAuthor Biography
Carrie Etter is the author of The Tethers, which won the London New Poetry Award, and Divining for Starters. She is a senior lecturer in creative writing for Bath Spa University.
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