false 5738283 1 New and selected poems 1974-2005, from previous volumes <i>Universe Cat </i> and <i>Small Poems of April,</i> as well as large sections of new material, both work previously published in literary magazines and poems never before made public in print. Although Nisse-Wade is known as a performance poet, her work is crafted to reward on-the-page exploration also. 5909933 1 9 2005 Secret Leopard total:6|5:4|4:2| 6 28 7 3 5 0 true false Tue Dec 02 17:30:52 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:53:56 -0800 2008 frequently, as I give public readings from it. Rather than being so crass as to review my own book, lol, I'll tell you what other people have said (in the blurbs):

Rosemary Nissen-Wade is both original and a powerful voice—a voice of humanity in all its suffering and joy. The figures that inhabit her poetry are both intensely real a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 16 09:15:07 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 00:38:24 -0800 2009

Words are such useless things

compared with the touch of a hand,

a smiling mouth, a soft eye…


Useless things, words. But all we have

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