Whirr & Click

by Micheline Maylor

Whirr & Click is derived primarily from the writer’s own experiences of love, sensuality, family, and bereavement, but perhaps the real subject matter is the exhilaration of finding perfect words, perfect structures; as noted by Patrick Lane: “We read the poems of Micheline Maylor and touch the 
urgency of a sharp and shifting mind, sometimes playful, sometimes ineffably sad.”

Genres: Poetry

79 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2013

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apparently, I take poetry collections slowly. This collection was well-written, but the final elegy is what will stick with me. Maylor captures that painful part of a loved one’s dying where they can leave this earth and we don’t even realize it. That we can be talking about grammar, of all things, while our best friend is dying.

“...while I am handing out chocolate hearts in the hallway
at work
talking about misplaced modifiers
with the living.”

[Vina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this poetry collection and in it especially "Starfish". There are so many poems that encouraged me to take notes and reread several times out of passion for the words and feelings.

[Courtney Bates-Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book. I started folding over the corner of every poem I liked and then realized at the end that I had folded over most of the book.