Mostly Sweet Lovely Human Things

<p><em>Mostly Sweet Lovely Human Things</em> feels like a joyful tender eternal embrace. These poems are full of wonder and a desire for wholeness: recollections of girlhood the poet now in a knowing season of life no longer afraid of death. The poems feel wise and free. Marchand writes [Poetry] divines understanding / of the fledgling self/ and by showing us to ourselves/ saves us from our own extinctions. This is a marvelous book of delightful sweetness.</p><p>-Lee Herrick California Poet Laureate and author of <em>In Praise of Late Wonder</em></p><p><em>Mostly Sweet Lovely Human Things</em> offers poems that strive toward their reader poems that make every line count as much as breathing. In a rich and familiar voice that sounds to your spirit like an old friend these poems speak of comfort and encouragement recognition and wisdom. This generous and vulnerable collection is a sanctuary of warmth and connection in the lonely wilderness of living.</p><p>-Rena Priest Washington State Poet Laureate (2021-23) and author of <em>Patriarchy Blues</em></p>