Mortal

by Lenore Weiss

The speaker of these poems has been many a child in New York City, a teenager handing out leaflets at demonstrations, a lover making a feast of olives and wine, a young mother pushing a baby stroller in San Francisco, an office worker inside a barren cubicle, and an older woman trying online dating for the first time. Loved ones have been lost along the way, but what persists is a sense of joy and wonder at the richness of life's experiences. Lenore Weiss speaks for a generation of women who saw "liberation" become a reality in their lifetimes, and for all women. - Julie Kane, former Louisiana Poet Laureate and author of Rhythm & Booze, Jazz Funeral, and Paper Bullets

80 pages, Paperback

Published September 5, 2016

Reviews

[Adrienne Scanlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Mortal" takes us from the myth of what a woman is to a woman living and breathing her beautiful, imperfect life. Weiss' poems journey through the life cycle: from memories of childhood to being a mother herself, from widowhood to online dating, from the lives of aunts, parents, and grandparents to the all-too-contemporary life of working in the high tech world. The poems' strength lies often in the strong (sometimes masterful) imagery, and in the belief in the possibility of illumination in the seemingly day-to-day.