Thank the Sweet Waters

<p><strong>An ode to quiet intimacy devotion and the everyday sacred.</strong></p><p></p><p>In <em>Thank the Sweet Waters</em> Lucille May writes with the lyric clarity and emotional precision of a poet closely attuned to the textures of love and longing. These poems dwell in the dailiness of intimacy-its sensuality its seasons its ruptures and repairs-and find the sacred in small soft gestures: extra butter at breakfast a lover's gentle breath at night the hush of early spring.</p><p>Distinct yet relatable May's debut collection takes shape as she falls in love with her wife longs for motherhood and falls in love again-with the man who might help make them mothers. With a voice that is grounded tender and quietly expansive May invites us to witness what it means to stay present through uncertainty and to keep choosing one another.</p><p></p>