Aching Buttons

by Mary Stone Dockery

Aching Buttons is a chapbook of poems by Mary Stone Dockery.

21 pages, Chapbook

First published January 10, 2013

About the author

Mary Stone Dockery is from St. Joseph, MO, where she received her BA in English Literature from Missouri Western State University. She will graduate with her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Kansas in 2012. Her first poetry collection, Mythology of Touch, was released in 2012 by Woodley Press. She is the author of two chapbooks, Aching Buttons (Dancing Girl Press) and Blink Finch (Kattywompus Press), both forthcoming in 2012. Her poetry and prose has appeared in many fine journals and is forthcoming in Mid-American Review, Gargoyle, South Dakota Review, Melusine, Jelly Bucket, and others. She currently lives in Lawrence, KS, but may be moving soon to begin a PhD program.

Reviews

[Olivia-Savannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's only a short chapbook, and you might roll your eyes thinking, 'romantic poetry happens all the time.' Well, THIS romantic poetry takes it to another level. As the title suggests there seems to be some kind of underlying pain, need and desperation to this love, which makes it a bit more complicated. Dockery's writing is absolutely beautiful, but grounded in images that are familiar and yet sensory at the same time. Her working of rhythm, and stanza structure is brilliant. Truly, I will be looking to her poetry as inspiration and guidance for how to write a good poem. I can't recommend this chapbook of her works enough.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poems that ache and yearn. Rich in their delicately crafted descriptions. Amazing!