The poems in START AGAIN were written during the covid pandemic, and speak of solitude and isolation. The "Monastery" poems are about inward examination and self-reflection. Yet these poems also reach outward, experiencing being a grandmother and once again entering the magical world of childhood. And they extend even further, into the wider socio- political realms: crossing borders, engaging with social unrest. Sometimes they use the mythic and archetypical, as if to scry the future. Sometimes they leap back into memory. ...
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The poems in START AGAIN were written during the covid pandemic, and speak of solitude and isolation. The "Monastery" poems are about inward examination and self-reflection. Yet these poems also reach outward, experiencing being a grandmother and once again entering the magical world of childhood. And they extend even further, into the wider socio- political realms: crossing borders, engaging with social unrest. Sometimes they use the mythic and archetypical, as if to scry the future. Sometimes they leap back into memory. Most often, they help locate the poetic self--and the reader--in a present that is both ephemeral and vivid. Poetry.
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