We Hold on to What we Can

Sarah Alcott Anderson. We Hold On To What We Can. Loom Press, 2021. 

Resident of Exeter. 

Purchase info: $20.00 https://www.loompress.com/store/we-hold-on-to-what-we-can-poems

Synopsis: In this debut collection of poems, Sarah Alcott Anderson of Exeter, N.H., explores love, longing, loss, marriage, children, and place through her own experiences. She writes, "In mostly plain spoken poems, I explore interior and exterior landscapes—from childhood to motherhood, New England to Ireland—in the hope of honoring that we are here right now."

 This post is part of NH Loves Poetry, a 2022 project of the Center for the Book at the NHSL.