First I want to say that the poem is a perfect expression of the literature I discovered with a thrill as a young woman. It speaks in a clear, clean voice. Its theme is passion and disappointed love. This voice still speaks to me, though I am decades past “young.” It’s a poem of the…
I Must Hold These Strangers by Sandra Lynn, Book Review
I puzzle over Sandra Lynn. Her poetry is marvelous. Since 1976, when I first discovered her work, I have been in awe of her skill, her command of imagery and metaphor, her themes. Yet all we have of her body of work today are the poems found in two books: I Must Hold These Strangers, published…
Publications in 2022
It’s 2022! Here are the poems selected by editors for publication in their fine journals. My thanks to them, and for what they do to promote poetry. “A Morning in Mexico.” Mad Swirl. April 23, 2022. “Stars and Possibility.” Soul-Lit. Spring 2022. “Girl on the Cusp,” “At the Center of the World, At the Beginning…
Morning Reading #12
Mary Oliver’s poems deserve a place in worship.
The Yellow Season: Yellow Wood Sorrel
I remember Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) as a plant mentioned in children’s books. I loved to read historical novels about girls growing up in America in the 18th or 19th century. These children walked in the woods with a parent or grandparent and learned the names of plants. I envied them for their ready…