Stars and Strangers by Sue Sutherland-Hanson

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In Stars & Strangers, Sue Sutherland-Hanson shows us that we’re all connected: from clamming with friends to being “repaired” at the Napa Auto Parts store; from planting the summer garden to keeping vigil for a loved one.  These tender, lyrical poems demonstrate the shimmering threads that join us while revealing the “slippery mystery, this everyday once-ness of each person’s life.” In her compassionate poems, Sutherland-Hanson reaches out to address and embrace not only loved ones, but “perfect strangers” encountered on the road and in the news.  In the words of the final poem, “we will return to dust, but my bones know to form a star.”  Five stars to this fine collection for reminding us what we know in our bones.

–Holly J. Hughes, author of Passings (Expedition Press, 2016)

 

Some poems shine as vivid reminders – we are human, we belong to one another, like it or not, we will never be alone.

Sue Sutherland-Hanson extends her tender, lyrical care to those she does not know personally as well as those she does – her garden of considerations feeds us all. This book is a blessing.

–Naomi Shihab Nye

 

 

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Stars and Strangers

by Sue Sutherland-Hanson

$14.99, paper

Sue Sutherland-Hanson grew up in a fishing family in Port Townsend, a small town shored by the Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature, a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Students of other Languages (ESL) and a Masters of Divinity. In seminary, Sue focused on the sacred texts, theology, stories, practices, and the arts that explore questions about the mystical in life and how we relate to ourselves, each other, the ancients, the earth, the universe, and the Divine. Sue was a regular blogger for Spirited Women and co-authored her first collection of poems, Invitation to Openness-Poems for Individuals and Communities Seeking the Sacred in the Present Moment. Her poems have been published in Between the Lines, Chrysanthemum Press, Poetry Corners, Ars Poetica, and Floating Bridge Press. In addition to writing, Sue teaches workshops on writing as a listening practice, sacred creativity, the wisdom of the body, labyrinths, and Celtic spirituality. When not writing or teaching, she enjoys walking, leading groups on pilgrimage, officiating weddings, or playing with her grand-children.

 

 

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