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Appaloosa Flanks
and Other Poems My poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press is available from www.amazon.com and www.finishinglinepress.com. You can also order by writing to Finishing Line Press P.O. Box 1626 Georgetown, KY 40324 Books are $12 per copy |
My cheek will have the imprint Of leaves that fell with the grace I look for From trees that watched as the old Creek carried all the water born of its spring. --from "To Sleep on Stones" We weave around chuckholes and snakes, Skirt the mist of a waterfall, Pass high cliffs that plummet to their rocky offspring. I write these things in a jeweled leather journal My sister titled "The Private Diaries Of a Post-Menopausal Biker Babe." Definitely a Harley thing. --from "Hogback" I liquefy when you come near; The molten lava that was my body Flows along the planes of your bones And into hollows. --from "Like Honey" |
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WHAT AUTHORS SAY ABOUT Appaloosa Flanks and Other Poems: “Steeped in the imagery of an Eastern Oregon prairie, Kate Marsh’s poems bring us the voice of a mother, a grandmother, a lover, a compelling sensibility willing to wait “…in the bristling chill,/ to receive an exaltation of stillness….” Alert to both this world’s beauties and its implacable sorrows, her poems call us to see and celebrate “storied leaves,” “sage-punctured snow,” “… a sky trying for glory,/ a storm making something of itself.” Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate “In these poems, Kate Marsh brings us intimate portraits of her world, from the sea to the cosmos; from passion to death. She demonstrates a deep love of nature and the unknown, with just a glazing of Harley Davidson toughness.” Kristy Athens, Portland/Enterprise writer and editor “Saddle up on poet Kate Marsh’s Harley and downshift into her sagebrush sea. You’re headed for adventure in Eastern Oregon’s juniper hills, her open heart and keen mind clearly in the lead.” Angela Allen, Portland Literary Arts’ writer-in-the-schools, longtime journalist, photographer and poet |