More Water Than Words

by Kathleen McCoy

An island that emerges, disappears, reemerges, green trees in flames, sheep that change color--death is considered here in the mythical realm of change and possibility. Rooms are never entirely empty of those who once inhabited them, and even window smudges take on the visage of a lost loved one. McCoy's poems are a richly hued consideration of "mysterium tremendum / through a shadow of glass." -- Marilyn McCabe, author of Glass Factory and Perpetual Motion

46 pages, Paperback

Published March 24, 2017

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Kathleen McCoy teaches creative writing, literature by women, public speaking, and composition at SUNY Adirondack in upstate NY, where she directs the Writers Project. Her full-length poetry books have been finalists for Book Excellence Awards. She has held poetry residencies at Anam Cara, The Moth Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat, and elsewhere.

Reviews

[paulA neves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartfelt consideration of love, loss and mortality that weaves together Celtic mythology, elegy and the rhythms of the natural world.