Postcards from the Province of Hyphens

by Sonya Taaffe

Postcards from the Province of Hyphens marks the debut of Sonya Taaffe's first full-length collection, with nearly fifty poems and prose pieces, including the Rhysling award-winning and -nominated poems, "Matlacihuatl's Gift," "Storm Gods of the Connecticut River Valley," "Green Fuses," "Harlequin, Lonely," and more.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published May 3, 2005

Reviews

[Giovana · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Kristine Muslim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had been reading Sonya Taaffe’s unique and evocative poems for what seemed like a long time on the pages of different genre magazines. And I couldn’t recall reading anything by her that I didn’t like.

Her mastery of mythical allusions is unparalleled. There’s intensity, a controlled obsessiveness in her poetry that is so distinctly Taaffe.

Here’s a sample excerpt from the unforgettable “Cornerstones”

.... Their sounds
are stones: small solidities, integral, dense,
upon which everything lies. But our cities
are full of fears. Stones shift: we sacrifice
what is closest....