Poetry. "Like a superb ballad made up of unraveling verses, each chronicling a girl's coming of age, CB Follet's utterly charming and often heart-breaking new book, AND FREDDIE WAS MY DARLING, reminds us that of all passages one's life, the passage into sexuality and young adulthood is the most exciting and the most disorienting as well. Part historical family album, part mischievous memoir, this collection boasts a refrain in the form of a person -- the Freddie of the the title, who is one of the few constant male figures in the speaker's life. This compelling catalogue of memories and reflections reminds us of the losses we endure and the loves we carry with us into our separate futures. Though she may not wish to share him, CB Follett has made Freddie our darling too"--David St. John.

And Freddie Was My Darling

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Follett, CB

Poetry

Many Voices Press

Poetry. "These often wrenching family poems constellate and adhere in a remarkable way, informing one another, talking back to one another—multiplying the poignancy and sadness and luminous victories as well. These are incredible poems of parents and children, the whole web of family and loss—it's just so moving. And the cosmic beauty of the title section is stunning, but I feel it's the final section, 'Into the Light,' that is the absolute killer. I know the book has built to this section, but nevertheless it feels to me that each poem in this section is just exquisite, so perfectly balanced as we move to the elegant final two poems...."—David St. John

Of Gravity and Tides

Poetry. QUATREFOIL consists of four sections of poetry: Tree Music (poems of trees); Congregation (poems of groups,i.e. parliament of owls, ostentation of peacocks, murder of crows etc.); An Island of Bones (dog poems); Poems for Red Canyons (American Southwest).

QUATREFOIL

Many Mountains Press

Poetry. Art. NOAH'S BOAT, by CB Follett, is a compendium of poems about creatures large, small, and smaller. There are some poems of humor and poems dealing with the seriousness of the plight of our fellow travelers on the planet. The book includes seven pen and ink drawings by the cover artist, Joyce Koskenmaki. "This is such a special book…It's the arc and the ark both I love in NOAH'S BOAT, as well as the generosity of the attention in the poems, and the partnership with the animal in reckoning the speaker's experience/consciousness in the natural world. It's really moving, really amazing." —David St. John, The Window "...I delight in how Follett's poetic skills enhance the love the reader feels for the subject critters...There are many gems in this book..."—Eileen Tabios, Galatea Resurrects. "The term 'word artist' comes to mind because, in effect, these free verse productions are paintings of landscapes, animals, and human interactions...Delicate, multifaceted, and filled with powerful contrasts between human and animal perceptions, NOAH'S BOAT offers up an ark of poetic observation for any nature enthusiast who loves powerful nature- oriented poetry."—Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

Noah's Boat

Hold and Release, Follett's fifth book of poetry, is a remarkable collection of experiences and reflections captured in the author's intimate, engaging style. Follett imbues memories of youth with the wisdom of someone who has learned from life. She shares family history and secrets, with a sense of the love, loss, and humor. And she finds in the nature a beauty that is dangerous and a danger that is beautiful. Hold and Release speaks to anyone who is amazed and bemused by the world.

Hold and Release

Time Being Books

Poetry. The compassionate and penetrating poems in this collection focus on the natural, personal, and political. Of all the "steady and purposeful" birds that appear in ONE BIRD FALLING—ravens, doves, geese, meadowlarks, owls, vultures—the one that falls is never named but "[pulls] the sky after it," indicating "Something terrible / is coming and we pretend otherwise." The "we" of this and other poems is "far away...trying to do what's right" in a world controlled by what is invisible, wordless, and unpredictable as the wind.

One Bird Falling

"At the Turning of the Light" was the winner of the 2001 National Poetry Book Award. Wonderful, accessible poetry.

At the Turning of the Light

Salmon Run Press

Poetry." C.B. Follett is a poet of astonishing breadth who addresses both the life of the body and the life of the spirit. When she tackles universal truths, she expands our understanding of the world" -Susan Terris.

Visible Bones

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