Like a Tree Walking: World Biography Often the most effective way

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Like a Tree Walking: World Biography Often the most effective wayVahni Capildeo's Like a Tree Walking is a fresh departure, even for this famously innovative poet. Taking its title from a story of sight miraculously regained, this book draws on Capildeo's interest in ecopoetics and silence. Many pieces originate in specific places, from nocturnes and lullabies in hilly Port of Spain to 'stillness exercises' recording microenvironments emotional and aural around English trees. These journeys offer a configuration of