We are pleased to welcome back Sally Stewart Mohney, one of the Side Door Poets, as one of our August Emerging Authors! A Piece of Calm,Sally Stewart Mohney’s most recent collection, consists of candid, thoughtfully wrought pieces--from selling the family home after the gulf spill to capturing the Left Bank for a dear friend who can no longer travel--she journeys from France to Florida and back again during the course of the book, showing gentle humor and compassion, while seeking a piece of calm. Author of Serena and Nothing Gold Can Stay, Ron Rash writes: Sally Stewart Mohney gives us vivid insights into nature and family in these excellent poems, but what I admire just as much is the superb sound-play in her poetry. Editor of the The Southern Poetry Anthology and Author of Tree Heresies, Night Field Anecdote and Bledsoe, William Wright observes, Mohneys poems sing with mystery, but they are never ethereal, never ephemeral or buried in obliquity. Instead, Mohneys world is rooted in stunning imagery and clarity, and her poems are designed with care and grace. They are bold, luminous and tender, gathered together to form vivid silences that reside in both heart and mind. Their lyricism and incandescence demand multiple readings. Mohney is a new and significant voice in American poetry. Finishing Line Press is the publisher of A Piece of Calm, poems by Sally Stewart Mohney
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 20:53:32 +0000