tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43107855146062943522024-03-20T17:33:32.107-07:00water unto light poems by Heather DearmonHeather Dearmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08593838192246932125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310785514606294352.post-88054160295389512612015-02-26T11:15:00.000-08:002015-02-26T11:16:46.067-08:00Jasper Magazine's review of "water unto light"Jasper Magazine is Columbia, South Carolina's leading arts magazine, and Ed Madden wrote a<br />
praise worthy review of <em>water unto light </em>which you can read on page seven of their on-line issue:<br />
<a href="http://issuu.com/jaspermagazine/docs/109243" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Jasper Magazine 2014.</span></a>Heather Dearmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08593838192246932125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310785514606294352.post-42679898531425472602014-05-20T18:28:00.000-07:002014-11-09T16:45:02.443-08:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heather Dearmon's first collection of poetry, published by </span><span style="font-size: large;">Finishing Line Press</span><span style="font-size: large;">, is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/water-unto-light-Heather-Dearmon/dp/1622296885/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414547612&sr=8-1&keywords=heather+Dearmon+water+unto+light" target="_blank">Amazon</a>! Please scroll down to read a poem from the book, as well as a review of <em><a href="https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=2061&osCsid=c8ott8v6bdr6co8bli36ku7in1" target="_blank">water unto light</a></em> by Ed Madden</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Below</span> is the poem, <em>water unto light</em>, originally published in <em>Kalalak 2013 Anthology of Carolina Poets</em> and the inspiration for the title of the book: </span></span><br />
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<strong>water unto light</strong><br />
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this is my palm print <br />
sealed in stone. these are </div>
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my breasts, still forming.<br />
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to awaken </div>
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is to go down naked in</div>
the early water. go down<br />
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until your head<br />
is submerged, your feet lose<br />
the bottom.<br />
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in the womb<br />
you do not breathe, but</div>
open to swallow.<br />
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there is always something <br />
being formed: bone, breasts, <br />
thought, love.<br />
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my young hand</div>
cast in stone, <br />
cups the various tones<br />
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of light, the drops of wet feet</div>
on the path <br />
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from water.<br />
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A review of <em><a href="https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=2061&osCsid=c8ott8v6bdr6co8bli36ku7in1" target="_blank">water unto light</a></em> by <a href="http://edmaddenwriter.com/" target="_blank">Ed Madden</a>, poet, associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina, and author of <i>Signals</i>, <em>Prodigal: Variations </em>and<em> Nest:</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="st" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Heather Dearmon's poetry reminds us that this world--the mortal world of families and illness and loss--is a world of both damage and grace. At the heart of the book is the image of the woman healed because she touched the hem of Christ's robe. This image suggests that grace may be found at the edges and margins, in the ordinary and the unremarkable, in the practices of daily life that help us go on, as she says in one poem, "as though life were simple." Or, "as though my father were not dead," to touch on the loss that drives this small but powerful collection. We're also reminded that grace, insufficient though it may be, can be found in words that console and sustain, in poetry like this.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />Heather Dearmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08593838192246932125noreply@blogger.com