The waiting season - Paperback

by Lara Payne (Author), Nancy McFalls (Illustrator)

A collection of poetry by Lara Payne, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Maryland. The poet writes of her connection with the natural world, how we "Prune and cut / Make unrecognizable" to create gardens. A larger part of the poetry involves her relationship to her family, particularly in terms of child bearing and child rearing.

A sample:

Story me humid

air that swims. You know.

The mulberry returns

verdant, determined.

A certain tightness in the lungs

reminds me: treasure

the breath. Years of lilac

wishing. Count slowly.

Minutes weigh more than days.