come down the stairs by Harriet Gleeson

“Harriet Gleeson‘s collection “Come Down the Stairs” artfully draws us into rich pockets of imagination and refuge, of departure and rejoicing, of flight and grounding. We’re offered sideways glimpses into life-altering moments, where time slows and we enter the hyper reality of this moment of both chaos and connection. The poems span childhood to older age, and in every one, it is a delight to see the world ‘always a turning.'”

–Charlotte Gullick author of By Way of Water

“Impressively crafted, emotionally moving, mind engaged and soul reaching Harriet Gleeson’s come down the stairs is a beautiful collection of poems. Her magnificent craft never eclipses her content. DESIRE starts out deceptively simple and then plunges into the dark: “points of light litter the night sky /enter the heart like barbs.” The “desire to know the earth” suspends us “between desires.” These poems touch on other desires, enter the heart like the arrows of Eros.”
–Sharon Dubiago author of Hard Country