HOVERCRAFT: a book of poems

by Carolyn Marsden

Hovercraft is a collection of poems by award-winning fiction writer and poet Carolyn Marsden.The poems explore the Angel’s visit to the Virgin Mary, the musings of a medieval monk, memories of ghosts, family and fairy tales, and heavenly bodies. Marsden elevates her poems by the thinnest of threads, making everyday objects feel weightless and strangely transparent. Images of horses, seashells, dolls, insects and boats, as well as the voices of characters within the poems including Carolyn herself, draw you in and then as quickly disappear. Where you find yourself is both present and historical, real and fabled.

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2022

About the author

Carolyn Marsden was born in Mexico City to missionary parents. She has been a writer all her life, but THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS is her first book. About THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS she says, "I wrote this story when my half-Thai daughter was being teased at school. As a parent and elementary school teacher, I watched her struggle to establish a cultural identity. I became fascinated with a conflict that is common to many children in our increasingly diverse United States." Carolyn Marsden has an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College. After spending the last twenty-five years in Tucson, Arizona, Carolyn Marsden now lives by the ocean with her husband and two daughters.

Reviews

[Joanna Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet Book of Memories

I especially loved the poem Sheltering Ghosts, but every poem created vivid visuals and metaphors that will last in the reader's mind.