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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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From a Strong Sycamore to a Weeping Willow

From a Strong Sycamore to a Weeping Willow

Knutson, Sharon Waller

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 9363540294
ISBN13: 9789363540293
Publisher: Cyberwit.Net
Published: Jul 25 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
When death comes, without warning, taking away the love of your life, your caregiver, how do you survive? In her new poetry collection From a Strong Sycamore to a Weeping Willow Sharon Waller Knutson takes us through the first year since she found her husband dead on the floor, after he had served her lunch, and before he could fry the lamb chops he defrosted for dinner. Many titles begin with After: when the world must be learned and navigated anew, and every day becomes a step taken in the dark. With her ability for characterization, alliteration and dialogue, Knutson introduces us to neighbors - some strangers - and sons, who rescue and support her through this darkest time. Hands that reach out to lift her when she falls, bring meals, bathe her and shampoo her hair. These rescuers may be seniors, have their own health problems, or responsibilities, but they work to supply what is needed, food and friendship, understanding and reassurance.

As she's gripped in the jaws of grief a hawk keeps watch from her picnic table and she grasped at any hope her husband was still around...still not sure if it was a hawk or my husband. She shares stories, vivid with detail and her signature humor, moments tender and comic, with her guitar playing, nature photographer husband and people she meets throughout her lifetime. Eventually she thinks of all the things that have happened since her husband's sudden death, things he would have loved to photograph, does dancing in the moonlight, big horned sheep, a young coyote. Seeing this world so present, and still so full of wonder, alone in the place they shared so long together, allows her again to put one foot in front of the other...and survive another day.

Mary McCarthy, How to Become Invisible (Kelsay Books)

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