Although it seems unlikely, with temperatures here in the northeast in the thirties and snow covering the ground, spring smells are in the air. This season of anticipation brings our readers four new books of poetry: Same Old Story, by Dawn Potter; Spooky Action At a Distance, by Howard Levy; The Bar of the Flattened Heart, by David Keller; and My Crooked House, by our own Teresa Carson.
Real, raw, magical, and introspective, these four books sing to our souls. The songs are of our families, our roots, our loves, and our link to all that is part of the world. Each book carries a message that is unique in its presentation; but shared is the thread of humanness. Dawn Potter’s lyrical voice weaves poems of family, her own and a mystical family whose relationships are tied with wild things. Howard Levy’s poems offer a bridge across emotional distance, appealing to all of our senses throughout the journey. David Keller creates music with his words, and a sense of freedom of self, spoken with frankness and honesty. Teresa Carson’s poems, too, are honest and real as she shares her search, through psychological homesickness both literal and metaphorical, for home.
Spend a day, or a week, with each of our Spring 2014 poets, and enjoy a new view of the world.
-Managing Editor, Starr Troup
