Graveyards and Gardens by Marybeth Cohowicz
$14.99
“When I open a book of poems for the first time and start reading, I always do the same thing. I ask myself who this poet reminds me of. Is she like Emily Dickinson, James Wright, Sharon Olds, or one of the other poets I love? After a few lines of Marybeth Cohowicz’s first poem in Graveyards and Gardens, I knew such questions were useless. Ms. Cohowicz is a poet like no other. She blends the most natural language with a depth and creativity and insight that is brilliantly all her own.”
–John Guzlowski, author of Echoes of Tattered Tongues
“Graveyards and Gardens by Marybeth Cohowicz, displays a unique poetic voice, clean, clear and precise, which is a true compliment to any poet. This volume in particular speaks of and to the earth with a deep knowingness of the power of soil and air, death and borrowed life. There is a brittleness to the words, like sun-bleached bone, that speaks of the space and emptiness and absolute sacredness of the land and the often tenuous human relationship to it. In this respect Marybeth’s vision reminded me of the expanse and clarity and understanding of the power of the land and a particular American human emptiness also found in the writings of Willa Cather, Alan Dugan and James Dickey. Rarified company. Marybeth’s poetry is at home in that great tradition.”
–Bradley Rand Smith, Internationally award-winning playwright, producer & theatre director; screenwriter; Huff Post UK writer on men’s issues.
“Graveyards and Gardens is a stark look at life, death, and the interconnectedness of human emotion and nature. These are sparse poems — short, lowercase, with little punctuation — that contrast the complexities of reality with what might have been. Marybeth Cohowicz pens these pearls with precision, restraint, and cohesion throughout. We feel the yearning and sorrow. The relationship between earth and self is palpable. Every piece of dirt, every body part, every flower that grows and dies reveals a layer of her — petals of hope that slough off and fall, only to be lifted again by wind. There is immeasurable beauty hidden in these pages. They demand to be read and reread.”
–Jason D. Ramsey, Editor-in-Chief of Barren Magazine
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Graveyards and Gardens
by Marybeth Cohowicz
$14.99, paper
978-1-64662-169-9
2020
Marybeth Cohowicz has had numerous haiku published in Haiku Journal and Three Line Poetry and wasnamed “One of Poetry’s Best Kept Secrets” by online publication Bunbury magazine. She has had five poems published in Poems from the Heron Clan V, an anthology published by Katherine James Books, 2018.
For Marybeth, writing poetry began as a method of pain management to cope with emotions sheotherwise felt unable to express. Her understanding of the human condition and ability to convey it in simple sincerity in her poetry has proven to be a great source of her own healing as well as for those who read it.
She’s a Marine Corps veteran currently residing in Michigan with her family, enjoys sketching, and is anamateur photographer.
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