{"id":5535,"date":"2013-10-04T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2020-05-09T01:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:06:46","slug":"soft-tsunami-by-claudia-moss-oct-2013-pick-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=5535","title":{"rendered":"Soft Tsunami by Claudia Moss (Oct. 2013 Pick of the Month)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Publisher\/Date:<\/strong> Mariposa Publications, Sept. 2012
\nGenre(s):<\/strong> Poetry
\nPages:<\/strong> 126
\nWebsite:<\/strong> http:\/\/claudiamoss.webs.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is Claudia Moss?<\/p>\n

I’ve been asking myself that since I read her novel, If You Love Me, Come<\/em><\/a> in 2011. I was so in love with that book, the troubles of four women connected and intersected by the power of love. Its similar style to one of my all-time favorite books, Mama Day<\/em><\/a> by Gloria Naylor, intrigued me to learn more about its creator.<\/p>\n

In my discovery, I found Miss Moss, also known as the Golden Goddess to be a storyteller, a word weaver, a mama, a mentor, a radio host and most of all, a poet.<\/p>\n

Based on her newest work, SOFT TSUNAMI<\/strong><\/em>, I could say she’s something of an enigma, but that wouldn’t be accurate because her poems lay out her maturity, her sensualness, her grown woman assertiveness. There’s nothing in her words that can be interpreted as meek or mild, only confidence, and that’s what I loved most about her book.<\/p>\n

So I touch you softer than quill skimming rice paper<\/em><\/strong>
\nA message of calligraphy teasingly rough<\/em><\/strong>
\nSighs in the taste of us<\/em><\/strong>
\nTranscribed in wetness<\/em><\/strong>
\nBefore an indelicate deluge<\/em><\/strong>
\nSquirts<\/em><\/strong>
\nAcross my body<\/em><\/strong>
\nTo dry in dainty spots on your Soul<\/em><\/strong>
\nTouch-tethered to mine<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reading her poems, I also call her a whirlwind. There’s a flurry of emotions, sensations and passions that speak to and for any femme confident in her sexuality, and her love for the womanly form is mesmerizing. Studs, take notice of this femme form:<\/p>\n

‘Cause you don’t know what to kiss first<\/em><\/strong>
\nher smooth sexy feet<\/em><\/strong>
\nthose cheeks, Oooh those cheeks<\/em><\/strong>
\nhave you humming stupid yummy tunes<\/em><\/strong>
\nabout her tight crescent moons<\/em><\/strong>
\ndipped in a sepia glaze<\/em><\/strong>
\nher waist lining towards her cute kitty<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her style may scream raw, but she also can give and receive love, and is humble in its presence.<\/p>\n

Others bow to<\/strong><\/em>
\nWondering how we two<\/strong><\/em>
\nShare a current so rare<\/strong><\/em>
\nSo true<\/strong><\/em>
\nYou see, I recite her<\/strong><\/em>
\nAnd she–<\/strong><\/em>
\nShe interprets me.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But don’t get it twisted. Just like a raging tide, Moss can batter your heart with a line so venomous, you’d wish you hadn’t crossed her.<\/p>\n

i’m not frightened of the walkin’ away<\/em><\/strong>
\nand don’t think the way you lay the pipe is yo’ ticket to say<\/em><\/strong>
\nladies already lined up to play<\/em><\/strong>
\nwith the goddess you took for granted<\/em><\/strong>
\nlike the door don’t swing both ways<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yet above all, Moss is a Lyrical Lady, her Soft Tsunami<\/em> celebrating and opining the life of a woman who has<\/del> is living a full life, but steady embracing what the universe continues to teach her.<\/p>\n

Tender-hearted, sometimes I bow to tongues sharpened on the<\/strong><\/em>
\ncutting board, but I am my own unguent, my Band-Aid<\/strong><\/em>
\nagainst the lacerating wounds of the mouth, when I remember<\/strong><\/em>
\nI AM.<\/strong><\/em>
\nToday I live the lessons I teach.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI am untamed, free.<\/strong><\/em>
\nI do what I want to do, say what I want to say,<\/strong><\/em>
\nindiscriminately.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So this is Claudia Moss. Lover of natural hair, butches, Backwoods women, and fine literature. While her words may be slightly repetitive, with Soft Tsunami<\/em>, she wants you to know whom she is. Now I can truly say I do.<\/p>\n

Reviewed October 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the Pick of the Month Interview With Claudia Moss<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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