Lessons in Letting Go by Amy Mason

“Amy Waterman Mason’s chapbook exhibits a raw, quiet power in its telling of the wrenching experience of the death of a child. The language is spare and uncomplicated—devastatingly so—within the context of the complexity of the subject matter. In the poem, Be Patient, Mason entreats us to “Be patient with grief/for this is not the work of the mind/but rather, the heart.” Mason allows the wisdom of poetry to speak to and through her. The result is a heartfelt collection of poems about loss and ultimately, transcending loss.”
–Emily Ferrara, author, The Alchemy of Grief

“I love this book! It is deep, real, authentic and describes life events that are terribly difficult to capture. Amy Waterman Mason has achieved
this by doing exactly what she describes: “to enter into the infinite void/
of the not-knowing/to not control/the not-controllable.” She takes us on a journey through loss, grief, confusion and kindness that ends in hope, and like all great poets, she does this by giving us the specific details we need to relate this particular human experience to our own.”
–Nancy Swisher, MA, MFA, recipient of New York Individual Artists grant in poetry.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]