Pools of June

<p>In this collection filled with linguistic surprises and narrative leaps Meriam upends the charm ghazal pantoum and sonnet to deliver poems of extraordinary originality. The erotic and a passionate connection to the natural world inform Meriam's agile imaginative poems.</p><p>-<strong>Robin Becker author of <em>The Black Bear Inside Me</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>The quality of freshness is not strained in Mary Meriam's work. Vision hearing and form interact in these poems to convey a sense of beauty and purpose. It takes a deft touch to kindle a new wick. How far this poet's candle casts its light in a dark world.</p><p><strong>-Alfred Corn author of <em>Unions</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>The translucent materials of the natural world that frequent Meriam's ontological homes owl-call her rich wisdom on the nature of life and existence to return to its queenly throne.</p><p><strong>-Vi Khi Nao</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Possessed of a voice both starkly candid and utterly otherworldly Mary Meriam inhabits the varied forms of these extraordinary poems as naturally as a tree wears its leaves.</p><p><strong style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1)>-Mark McDonnell</strong></p>