<p>Taking as their starting points the various sub-definitions of the word "cleave" (to hew asunder; to adhere or cling to), these poems are lyrical meditations on love, longing, and loss, as well as on the nature of being the poet-daughter of a poet-father.</p>

Cleave (poems)

Literature & Fiction

Egan, Moira

Poetry

Washington Writers' Publishing House

Poetry. "If Edna Millay had been born half a century or so later, she might have penned something like these witty, irreverent, self-knowing poems."—Kim Addonizio "Moira Egan can retain the sonnet structure and adapt it to the speech and behavior of our own day. That is impressive, not least because her writing communicates pleasure even to the untutored reader."—David Lehman

Spin

Entasis Press

Poetry. Women's Studies. Poet Moira Egan finally turned fifty, and her poetic journey has gotten ever sweatier and sexier. In her latest collection, HOT FLASH SONNETS, she explores the sultry joys and humorous indignities of becoming a woman of a certain age.

Hot Flash Sonnets

Passager Books

<p>Synæsthesium is an unusual exploration of ekphrasis―poetry that takes a real or imagined work of art as its muse. The first half of the book, Olfactorium, is inspired by various fragrances and the olfactory flashbacks―real or imagined―induced by them. From everyday Old Spice to exotic Casbah, the poems take the reader on journeys peppered with the luscious language of perfumery. The second part, Love and Work, is based on the works of Suzanne Valadon, the bold and unconventional model-turned-artist, peer and probable lover of Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, and other painters. The poetic forms―sonnets, syllabics, a villanelle, a rondeau―reflect the content of the paintings and drawings of this great and under-appreciated artist. </p>

Synæsthesium: Poems

Encounter Books

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