A lively and evocative collection of poems by four Mendocino women with strong and varied poetic voices. Written during a difficult year that included chemotherapy and the death of a parent, these provocative poems are a well-crafted mix of deceptively simple lyrics and complex, formal verse. 
The authors explain that a calabash is a gourd, especially one used as a rattle or drum. "We hope our calabash poems shake and rattle, resonating with life and dreams."

Calabash

Literature & Fiction

O'Connor, Mary Bradish

Bedford, Johanna M.

Austin, Jane Harris

Mackie, M. L. Harrison

Poetry

Pot Shard Pr

This book of well crafted poems and short prose pieces describes the experience of being diagnosed, treated for, and living with cancer. As a therapist and cancer patient the author has a powerful connection to the subject and material. 
The book was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Poetry/Literaure in 1998.

Say Yes Quickly: A Cancer Tapestry

The power of Susan Maeder's book lies not onlyin its lyric beauty, but in an unfolding, urgent journey of the spirit. These poems offer consolation through physical communion, and go on to define redemption through a return to a deeper connection with nature. 
This book offers a rare and courageous view for the new millennium. Maeder insists on a recognition of the common thread that joins us as humans and as participants in that diminishing natural world. 
With an eye finely attuned to the smallest detail, White Song is filled with luminosity.

White Song: Poems

Maeder, Susan

Mendocino County in northwestern California has long been a haven for poetry and the arts. This enticing, moving book collects works by 63 distinctive voices of rich and varied emotional tone. Some of the better known poets included are Sharon Doubiago, ruth weiss, Julia Butterfly Hill, Jane Reichhold, Cynthia Frank, Karin Faulkner, Devreaux Baker, Bobby Markels, Theresa Whitehill, Fionna Perkins and Lydia Rand. The poets, ranging in age from 14 to 88, present works arising from the spirit of place that explores intimate personal experience, resulting in a fascinating tapestry of rural lives

Wood, Water, Air and Fire: The Anthology of Mendocino Women Poets

Doubiago, Sharon

Baker, Devreaux

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