Finding the Sweet Spot by Susan Cohen

“Susan Cohen‘s poems praise the world in all directions, from the autistic boy who sings to a canyon at four in the morning to the huge flock of crows whose ruckus `saws into our sleep.’ She includes Coleman Hawkins on cello, Coltrane, Janis, Allen Ginsberg’s belly hair, and the way an egret echoes regret, as well as her own unreasonable happiness. Cohen’s words are well-earned, they sear us with a fierce joy.”

— Molly Fisk, author of “Listening to Winter.”

“I love the emotional honesty and compression of Susan Cohen‘s lyrics. They are transparent, without pretense, all grace of line and firm, echoing songs… A triumph!”

–Marilyn Kallet, author of “Packing Light: New and Selected Poems,” Lindsay Young Professor of English at the University of Tennessee.