From the first poem in Empty Me Full, I had the distinct impression I had entered of series of successive dreams. I was about 10 poems in when I realized what it was – Catherine Abbey Hodges powerfully uses images to pull the reader to ask fundamental questions. Or is it questioning the fundamentals?
A few images from the first poem of her new collections: a rising river, a time lapse of the night sky, the torso of heaven, mice nesting in a piano, the arch of a dying oak, a worm in the oak dreaming as it chews. The images come so fast that you’re moving through a metaphorical mist, knowing all the time you’re nearing something important.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
Two people – poem and artwork by Sonja Benskin Mesher.
The Red Chair – poem by Maurice Manning at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
Daily, Under My Breath – poem by Katherine Whitcomb at Every Day Poems.
“The moon looked into my window,” poem by e.e. cummings – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Ekphrastic Poem Prompt: In the Lost House – Tweetspeak Poetry.
Remembrance Day Parade in Gettysburg – Patrick Young at The Reconstruction Era.
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