Dragonfly — New poetry from C.M. Clark
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Dragonfly
By C. M. Clark
Category: Poetry.
Hardcover $19.99
122 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9967031-1-6
October 24, 2016
Paperback $14.99
122 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9967031-9-2
October 26, 2016
Ebook $9.99
122 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9967031-6-1
October 26, 2016
Synopsis: Dragonfly. Poetry by C. M. Clark
An adventurous poet is C.M. Clark who, with the advent of her third book of poetry, entitled Dragonfly, just published by Solution Hole Press, continues her poetic exploits with vigor and with courage. She is truly, of all of us, the Keeper of Words, as one used to say Keeper of the Keys, who opens the doors for us and eases us into a world of her own making, where the dimension of time has been deconstructed and all three temporal elements, past, present and future, function simultaneously.
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An adventurous poet is C.M. Clark who, with the advent of her third book of poetry, entitled Dragonfly, just published by Solution Hole Press, continues her poetic exploits with vigor and with courage. She is truly, of all of us, the Keeper of Words, as one used to say Keeper of the Keys, who opens the doors for us and eases us into a world of her own making, where the dimension of time has been deconstructed and all three temporal elements, past, present and future, function simultaneously.
– Roy Luna, introduction to Dragonfly
C.M. Clark plays with a rich cast of characters and a sly wit in these mature, philosophical and intellectually commanding poems. Peopled by “Dead Helen,” “Lissette” and “Jane,” they are wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful narratives of women who are forced to make real-life choices in an often unrealistically demanding world. Indeed, Clark’s verse serves as a reminder that our actions are often not fully realized but cannot, by virtue of being human, being alive and being an individual with even the tiniest sense of self, be avoided.
– Jen Karetnick, author of Brie Season (White Violet Press)
C.M. Clark spins sentences that, like the flight of a dragonfly, take me to dizzying heights and spiral me into heart-stopping lows. There is love here, but also its other face – deep loss – and a kind of haunting. Clark has a way of translating the natural world and the lives of her women in ways that resonate, but feel brand new all the same. And as I read these poems, I can’t help but feel alive in all its complexity of joy, pain, ennui, hunger, ambivalence, want… Prepare yourself for a voice that will grab you, and like first lust, will refuse to ever leave – and you’ll be glad for it.
– Lissette Mendez, Programs Director, Miami Book Fair International, The Center for Writing and Literature at Miami Dade College.
With sumptuous images and dynamic language, C.M. Clark’s Dragonfly cleaves the imagination. These poems are expertly honed and lushly rendered.
– Gianna Russo, author of Moonflower
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