Riven
Poems

Ah, the omnipresent tugboat. Owen owns the metaphor, hauling booms of language beyond the scope of twin banks, to unwaveringly extract facets of grief, honing acutely intimate verse in rhythm with both the times and the mighty Fraser.......more

We have always been close to the river. Even in prehistory, mankind has always settled along the riverside. It’s there where the plants and trees are most lush, it’s where our food has always been most plentiful, and its waters have always been available for swift commute from community to community......more

Every morning I go to find you and every time bring something back-- once it was crows, or the light only on that part of the river In Riven, Catherine Owen writes eloquently of the process of grief. Descriptions of the river and her grief over a lost spouse intertwine. In the opening poem, a series......more

Disclaimer - I was sent a free digital copy of this book by NetGalley in return for an honest review. Firstly, I’m not entirely sure if the format of the book has been altered because of the device I’ve accessed it on. But for me the formatting was very off putting and made it more difficult to appr......more

RIVEN is a mesmerizing new collection of poetry by Catherine Owen, published by ECW Press. Owen’s collection has all virtues that Philip Sidney praises in his 1577 Defence of Poetry; notably, equally ethereal and accessible language that provokes and challenges the reader without being heavy-handed.......more