THESE WOMEN YOU GAVE ME (BRIM, ANTOINETTE)

Antoinette Brim?s These Women You Gave Me brings front and center Biblical mythology and legend to prove a truth that can only be proven through poetry.?Brim?s poems sing of the ability women have always had to love and thrive in spite of the most oppressive odds, or as Brim herself would say, ?His heavy breath filled her ears.?She awakened beneath.??This is really gorgeous work.? ?Jericho Brown ? In?These Women You Gave Me, Antoinette Brim weaves her personification poems of Lilith, Eden and Eve into a?collection?that is intimate and powerful. Her sensual, precise poems take root and resonate with the feminine in each of us. ?Amidst the waters of the firmament:/ male and female float; as only indigo shadows/stitched to the depths with light can do?.?Antoinette Brim?s poetry is evocative, risky and true. ?Suzanne Frischkorn ? In?These Women You Gave Me, Antoinette Brim employs a meticulous,?lyric sensibility?to remind readers of the first women of the Bible and the roles women in the Judeo-Christian tradition have occupied since. This is a bold?symphony?to Lilith, the first woman, who ?has read the Book and