Notarikon

by Catherine Bowman

“Cathy Bowman is informed by a deft, rhythmic sense of music and an irreverence that always makes her poetry an interesting journey and experience. Her poems are full of surprises, subtle political observations, and a mature sense of voice that is uniquely her own.” --Quincy Troupe “Catherine Bowman's lines derive their authority not from the pitch of her own voice but from the vigor of the American vernacular, which is to say that hers is poetry devoid of self-pity, big on keen-sightedness and sharp-edged enough to cut its way through the present into the future.” --Joseph Brodsky

Genres: Poetry

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[khara rosebrook · Rating 4 out of 5]

crushing, and transformative!

“You thought sadness just came with the tenure.
Now it's over. And I'm still listening at the red door, trying to remember why—looking for a portent in a bowl of ten red steaming beets for what vanished.”

[Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read and reread this book so many times. It works for all of my poetic moods.

[D.A. Lockhart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful work here