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The Wild Twist of Their Stems

"As a longtime home schooling parent of three, this work is inspired and informed by the many mothers I've spent afternoons with, talking about and observing the incredible strength and creativity it takes to remain allies to our children. These are ecphrastic poems; attempts to describe the absolute artistry of raising children well. This collection is also a rough chronicle of the birth of my fourth child, from just before pregnancy, through birth and toddlerhood and, finally, to a young boy protesting the invasion of Iraq. "

Carol Graser is an alumnus of Binghamton University where she studied under Milton Kessler. Her poetry has appeared in many literary, parenting and locals arts publications. She organizes and hosts a monthly poetry reading series at Saratoga Springs' historic Caffe Lena. Begun in 2003, these popular readings have featured an exciting range of poets from across the country. She performs her work at many poetry venues around the state as well as at anti-war rallies and other community events. Originally from Plattsburgh, NY, she now lives with her family at the southern end of the Adirondacks in Galway.

These ecphrastic (explanatory) poems about motherhood & nursing are smartly lyrical & welcome to my consciousness. It's a great pleasure to have Carol Graser's poems.

Bernadette Mayer

Generations are woven together in these poems

of Carol Graser's with an ease as natural as the

wind twining grasses. Her reflections on motherhood

and relationships, and the small anxious dramas

of everyday life are as memorable and true as

any I've read, tempered by hope and humor,

self-aware, yet never self-centered. It's a journey

worth taking.

Joseph Bruchac

From the Book:

THE WILD TWIST OF THEIR STEMS

Like two fresh Buddhas they sit

on the top bunk, conspiring play

two Believers

two Thin Air Breathers

scalps closer to roof tops

than mine ever is

She bubbles in like a bent-leg dancer

a flesh splasher

I'm the never-let-you-go catcher

but I always let her go

He's the larger and climbs on his own

down to the rough rug, plant of our feet

He's the bold spirited leaper I apprenticed with

I live like a gardener

doggedly tending the wild twist of their stems

fending off what I can of disease

It is impossible work

rooted where they are

and though their beauty demands

more strength than I lately possess

still I persist

in refusing to abandon the effort

The Wild Twist of Their Stems

is a 68 page hand-sewn book with spine - $14.00

TO ORDER ON-LINE

To order through mail click here.


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