Anna Weaver writes as a former soldier, a lover of flatlands, and a woman “with loyalties scattered over the landscape.” Her poems have appeared in Connotation Press, O-Dark-Thirty, One, Triggerfish Critical Review, and elsewhere. She’s performed her poetry in 39 states and counting and hosts a vibrant open mic in downtown Raleigh called Tongue & Groove. Find her at annaweaver.net.
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PRAISE:
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If you’ve ever loved and lost—or needed someone more than you thought you could stand—this is the book for you. In Some Promise, Anna Weaver teaches us, with deft compassion and gracious wit, that everyone we’ve ever loved has helped shape us, and that no one with the capacity for love is ever lost for long.
–Mimi Herman, author of The Kudzu Queen
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Regardless of gender, we have all been the men in these gorgeously crafted pieces, just like we’ve all been the author as well. In Some Promise, Weaver delicately details the stories of her life while holding a nonjudgmental mirror up in front of herself, giving the reader permission to look, too. Some promises are forged of titanium and stubbornness intended to outlast time itself. Some are made of frailty and the best intentions, possessing a nature as temporary as a rainbow. This collection will nestle itself into permanence and an immortality fitting of only the purest of promises.
–Jorge Mendez, Artist in Residence, The Venue on 35th, and author of Poems I Stole From My Imaginary Friends and Keys & Crowbars
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Some Promise unveils the aftermath of storm, the coded dreams of accountability, and the indescribable taste of knowing just how much enough weighs inside of the heart’s memory. Blessed assurances dance in the rhythms of the vernacular that create controlled yet wild, bold, and muscular poetic narratives.
–Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate
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