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In her latest collection of poems, Elizabeth Cunningham takes an imaginative leap into a magical world that is also palpably real, a once-upon-a-time place that could exist just after our own time or long ago. Here we meet a motley assortment of people, a temple sweeper, a sword woman, a morose fool, a merry drunk, an enigmatic ancient dreamer, among a host of others. Human voices mingle with those of animals-the mouse who thinks it's an elephant, a flying pig-and also the voices of river, rain, tree, and stone. Through songs, dreams, and conversations, a story emerges, or many stories woven into one. Cunningham's hypnotically beautiful language draws us into this story, one we may dimly remember and long to hear again.
About the author
The author of three previous collections of poems and numerous novels, Elizabeth Cunningham lives in New York State's Hudson River Valley. She is fellow emeritus of Black Earth Institute and writes regularly for Feminism and Religion. For more please visit her website: elizabethcunninghamwrites.com
