Patricia Clark 's poems immerse the reader in the living world through the quality of her attention and appreciation.
There's hard-won intelligence here.
We see it in people sharing a meal and being especially kind to each other after a suicide: lots of please and thanks / as we handed food around / basket of steaming bread / for buttering.
Always, there is a deep understanding of our interconnections, as in the lovely and evocative final stanza of Near the Tea House.
| Suicide | Lots of please and thanks as we handed food around basket of steaming bread for buttering |
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