Captive

by Amy Holman

Amy Holman writes about what is held captive-wild animals by humans or environmental destruction, the self by fear-and what discoveries, exposures, and mysteries. From marine life to ultramarine pigment, the self-in-the-world to the world we can't separate from ourselves, she writes poems that delve into the news, plumb the past, and play with refrains to catalogue absurdities, recklessness, lapis lazuli, shyness, and wonder.

74 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2023

About the author

I am the author of the poetry collection, Wrens Fly Through This Opened Window, (Somondoco Press, June 2010), and the out of print poetry chapbook, Wait For Me, I'm Gone, (Dream Horse Press, 2005), as well as An Insider's Guide to Creative Writing Programs: Choosing the Right MFA or MA Program, Colony, Residency, Grant or Fellowship, (Prentice Hall Press, 2006). Essays of mine are in the anthologies, Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble, (Voyageur Press), The Subway Chronicles, (Plume), Making the Perfect Pitch, (The Writer Books), and The Practical Writer: From Inspiration to Publication (Penguin). I work as a literary consultant and teacher. "