Covid Spring II

COVID SPRING II: More Granite State Pandemic Poems. edited by Alexandria Peary. Hobblebush Books, 2021.  

Purchase info: $18.00  https://www.hobblebush.com/product-page/covid-spring-ii   A portion of sales goes to NH Food Bank.

Synopsis: “Picking up where COVID Spring left off, this new collection beautifully captures the uncertainty, the burnout, and the hope—lots of hope—of a diverse group of poets from the granite State and beyond as they look toward a post-pandemic future.” –Mary Russell, Director, Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library

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

Indebted to Wind

Berger, L. R. Indebted to Wind. Deerbrook Editions, 2021. 

Purchase info: https://www.deerbrookeditions.com/indebted-to-wind/

Synopsis: "In this beautiful new book, words are unusually alive and active in the poet’s capable hands. A whispered finale meaning finally, a riff on up, and an exploration of the letter P : these are among the linguistic players that address both personal loss and political realities, which L. R. Berger explores with searing honesty, emotional depth, and lyric grace. No precious word is wasted here; you will read carefully and gratefully, and want to read again." —Martha Collins

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

Lost and Found

Pat Whitney. Lost and Found. Self-Published, 2021. 

Resident of Sunapee. 

Purchase info: $15.00 at Amazon

Synopsis: A collection of sonnets, limericks, haiku, elegy, cinquain, ode, villanelle and couplets created in response to the mixed-media reliefs of Kathe Gregory, photographed by Bob Nesson. Reviewers call it "... a visually beautiful book: Each sculpture and poem feels in partnership.... the pairings satisfy," the poetry "speaks to our private suspicion that there are limits to our own usefulness in society, on planet earth; a suspicion that gains evidence as each of us ages... we are not offered easy nostalgia -- the grip and gripe of loss is admitted. "

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

Ice Lands

Carol Westberg. Ice Lands. David Robert Books, 20201. 

Resident of Hanover. 

Purchase info: $19.00 https://www.davidrobertbooks.com/westberg_ice.html

Synopsis: The lyric poems in Ice Lands journey through regions of knowing and not knowing, alive to our mortal connections in this precarious world and to the brevity of our stay. This book, says poet Lisa Russ Spaar, reads like “a gathering of koans, a breviary for navigating the second decade of the twenty-first century."

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

Italian Lesson

Dianalee Velie. Italian Lesson, The Poetry Box, 2021. 

Resident of Newbury. 

Purchase info: $16.00 https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/italian-lesson

Synopsis: While Dianalee Velie was teaching poetry in Italy, she composed these poems to reflect her love of the country and for her cousins in Santa Croce di Camerina, Sicily. Italian Lesson celebrates the sights and sounds of Italy—explorations of the local food & drink, sightseeing expeditions, and the lively spirit of the Italian people as they welcomed and shared their way of life. Come along on her Italian journey and you too will fall in love.

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