The collection of prose poems “Suggestions” (Suggestions), published by Gaspereau Press by the Canadian poet and writer Aaron Rabinowitz**, presents a remarkable first poetic experience that skillfully blends prose and poetry, environmental concerns and human feelings, dealing with the details of daily life with emotional depth and acute insight that avoids false sentimentality. The 80-page work is a commercial piece, and falls within the literature of contemporary Canadian poetry, prose poetry, and issues of family life.In this collection Rabinowitz performs something like an “archaeology of the diary”; With friendly curiosity and an unfussy eye, he digs into the details of ordinary life, extracting a charming mixture of strange facts, family stories, simple human experiences, and light humor. In the poet's hand, everyday vocabulary turns into moments that sparkle with novelty. From a child learning to speak, or a student falling in love in the desert, to landscape scenes of dry trees that look like “children without arms who cannot hug.” It is evident in these poemsProse explores how the past and memory continually shape the present, addressing family relationships, the role of fatherhood, and the details of the beings around us in concise, polished language.
This experimental collection received wide praise from major critics and poets. Poet Jane Monroe described the work as “amazing and full of astonishment and wisdom,” noting the poet’s ability to captivate the reader through intense, fluid prose poems that explore the depths of the soul and reveal the familiar and surprising in our human being. Thus, “Proposals” presents a new poetic voiceHe is characterized by warmth and keen observation of the universe and human feelings.
