Elizabeth McCarthy’s chapbook, “Winter Vole” is a charming collection of poems that makes one long for a comforting trip to the countryside. It was no surprise to find out that she makes her home in beautiful Vermont. With lines like “The heart of the house, smelling of history and time,” “It would be ours to live in…after we evicted the racoons,” or “The old woodstove smiles and snaps/Embers glow in smoldering memories,” her poems reflect a deep relationship with country and nature. Whether you’re “Walking into Fall” or “Zooming with Thoreau,” you will find joy in McCarthy’s scenic journey.
–Lylanne Musselman, has written five chapbooks, has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize four times, and is a widely published poet in many literary journals and anthologies.
What a master of metaphor, as she compares dust, clutter a dog’s sense of smell and a poem. What a master of imagery with a woodstove, a bog, a turtle, wildflowers, egret, worms and deer. Not only are these poems masterful,; they are imaginative and skillfully crafted.
–George Longenecker, author of “Star Route” and is Past President of the Poetry Society of Vermont.
Delightful. These poems walk through New England’s seasonal fauna and flora (squirrels, worms, dogs, birds, mice, lobsters…) and knock on the door of a farmhouse. They find their home there, where the leaves give up their green in the fall and frozen ivy makes its desolate climb through winter. Come spring, you will wonder how life would be if we could “raise children like wildflowers” and believe that, yes, a dog can be a Buddhist.
–Born and raised in New Hampshire, Elizabeth Boquet left for a year abroad in 1988 and never moved back. Poetry in English became her linguistic refuge throughout extended stays in Spain, France, China, and Switzerland. She is the author of Galoshes and now hops between Lausanne, Switzerland, and Pézeans, France.
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