The Bones of Winter Birds

Like “sunlight stroking the birds’ throats so it comes out as song,” Ann Fisher-Wirth’s graceful and sturdy lines unsettle the seemingly familiar. A writer of moral gravity, her distilled attentiveness presses against our all-too-common ambivalence and detachment from the ordinary world. Whether set in Mississippi, California, the Ozarks, or France, the poems in The Bones of Winter Birdsexhibit an abundance of compassion and civility. As Fisher-Wirth praises, laments, lets go, language salvages what might otherwise be missed. It’s with attentiveness and emotional poise that these poems lay everything bare. Despite fear and everyday darkness, “I think we are provided for” she reminds us, a consolation for which I am grateful. This is a beautiful book.

–Shara Lessley

Author: Ann Fisher-Wirth
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Terrapin Books
Published: 02/15/2019
Series: Terrapin Poetry
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9781947896116
Language: English

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