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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Swallowing Stones

Swallowing Stones

St John, Lisa

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1639802495
ISBN13: 9781639802494
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: Jan 6 2023
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

These are the poems of a woman who must live with loss and change: her name Lily turns to Lisa, and the pronouns we and us will become I. Reverberations of the heart in love and loss are multiple, and from that mix comes beauty, hatred . . .the awkward side of love. From the start, we, the readers, are led to understand that this mix holds uplift, joy. As we read on, we feel the comfort of sisterhood; St. John writes of Mary, You are the eternal lap in On Seeing the Pieta. Stones reappear in Ocean, as the waves, our mother, turn stones to dust. We hear the human voice extend itself: If we could translate howling, would it be song? Always the mix. St. John knows the power of the poetic line and uses it to make us present to her feelings. In subject, in craft, these poems are a gift.


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