Aerial View of Louisiana

Literature & Fiction

Mathis, Cleopatra

Poetry

Sheep Meadow Pr

Tilbury House Pub

Poems explore the experiences of the author and present observations on the world of nature.

The Bottom Land: Poems

Sheep Meadow Press

Poems explore the experiences of the author and present observations on the world of nature

The Bottom Land

The Center for Cold Weather

History & Criticism

Sheep Meadow

Guardian: Poems

Cleopatra Mathis writes "all of God's poison made water." Her poetry discovers, then just before she seems to say finally "This is true," she strikes us with the opposite. She gives us the heaven and hell of it - or does she show us the pin in the butterfly of the poem? Giving birth and the Creation are among the subjects of Guardian. They seem inevitably hers, with their exquisite pain and pleasure. Doesn't she know that the Creation is a subject too large to hold? No, she doesn't and thank God for that! Her work sanctifies, but it also gives us a full measure of the possibilities of degradation. She is a human guardian we can trust, but she is also a guardian angel who cures us of some of our blindness.

Cleopatra Mathis writes "all of God's poison made water." Her poetry discovers, then just before she seems to say finally "This is true," she strikes us with the opposite. She gives us the heaven and hell of it - or does she show us the pin in the butterfly of the poem? Giving birth and the Creation are among the subjects of Guardian. They seem inevitably hers, with their exquisite pain and pleasure. Doesn't she know that the Creation is a subject too large to hold? No, she doesn't and thank God for that! Her work sanctifies, but it also gives us a full measure of the possibilities of degradation. She is a human guardian we can trust, but she is also a guardian angel who cures us of some of our blindness.

“Cleopatra Mathis . . . brandishes the gifts of a talented poet who has hit her stride.”—The New York Times Book Review“As long as we have Mathis’ clarity of imagination, the intricacy and breadth of her engagement with the world and the depth of her meeting of others, we’ll have the warmth to help us deal with our own centers of cold.”—A.R. AmmonsStrong, unsentimentally emotional sixth collection set on the frigid shores of Provincetown.

White Sea: Poems

Sarabande Books

“Cleopatra Mathis . . . brandishes the gifts of a talented poet who has hit her stride.”—The New York Times Book Review
“As long as we have Mathis’ clarity of imagination, the intricacy and breadth of her engagement with the world and the depth of her meeting of others, we’ll have the warmth to help us deal with our own centers of cold.”—A.R. Ammons
Strong, unsentimentally emotional sixth collection set on the frigid shores of Provincetown.

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Aerial View of Louisiana

Aerial View of Louisiana

The Bottom Land: Poems

The Bottom Land

The Center for Cold Weather

The Center for Cold Weather

Guardian: Poems

Guardian: Poems

White Sea: Poems

White Sea: Poems