The Leaving: New and Selected Poems

by Sue Ellen Thompson

Sue Ellen Thompson's poems explore the passions of everyday life. From teenage love to the uncertain gamble of marriage to the angst of raising a teenage daughter, the poems follow the inevitable cycle of domestic life. Thompson's craft is impeccable, her ear for the music of language faultless -- she is a formalist whose fierce emotions are honed to a dangerous edge.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Amy Kitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my new favorite poets

[Loree · Rating 5 out of 5]

poems on domestic life that are a pleasure to read... brave in telling truths...

[Susan Kietzman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This 2001 collection of poems focuses on Thompson's only child, a daughter, leaving the nest, after tumultuous teenage years, and the poet's divorce from her first husband and subsequent discovery of new love. Her language here is tight and fluid, cold and steamy, distant and spot-on. A reader might wish for a wider range of topics.