The Puppy in Disguise by Daniel Silverhawk: A Playful Return to the Animal Kingdom Through Poetry
There is something naturally poetic about the animal world, like it has a pulse under everything. Animals can be amusing without intending it, mysterious without any explanation, and surprisingly expressive even when they never speak a word. For children’s writers, they bring a near limitless landscape for imagination, and it’s there, between the facts and […]
Twelve Plus One by Marleen Rita Duckhorn: Poetry That Looks Toward Earth, Heaven, Time, and the Unknown
There is something wonderfully characteristic about a poet reaching a thirteenth collection and then deciding not to call it thirteen. Marleen Rita Duckhorn instead gives us Twelve Plus One: A Collection of Poems, a title with a touch of playfulness that feels like it hints at the temperament behind the pages. Still, beyond that little […]