Bury Me in the Sky

by Sara Comito

Comito’s range is expansive, painting emotions and scenes with a stunning ferocity. Bury Me in the Sky is a marvel of language and insights. The imagery alone is enough to steal your breath. Underlaid in each piece are layers of tripwire that make you reexamine what you’re reading so as not to miss out on the full scope of experience Comito renders seemingly effortlessly. She can beguile you with sardonic humor and then take you out at the knees with sharp sprigs of pathos, often in the same piece.— Len Kuntz, author of This is Why I Need You

80 pages, Paperback

Published February 25, 2020

Reviews

[Robert Vaughan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the good fortune of being asked to blurb this marvelous first collection of poetry from Comito. Here's what I said: 'Nothing less than fascinating. Comito applies a razor-edged sharpness to her poetic prose, balancing memory, lyrically rich details, and potent elements of nature. In Bury Me in the Sky, a woman dives into waters both treacherous and deep. A rare first book filled with rich, sensory delights, this collection captures a unique wistful charm, with evolving poetics that suggest the infinite within each object, gesture, event.'

In other words, get a copy. NOW!

[A.S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

There’s not an ounce of fat on any of these poems and collectively BURY ME IN THE SKY packs a wallop of a punch. I’ll be reading this book again.

[Meg Tuite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comito is a master of language, an unforgettable poet who writes from the deepest waters!! I will read anything that she writes! Here are some quotes:
"The crack of felled things
upends my silent return..."
"Gravity's not downward
but a pull between."
"I'd be deadly if only I could
swing this cast iron world.
It holds old oil and sadness.."
"Surrender is a charming rub
and in a decade of stillness
we build our houses
in the shelter of the volcano..." GET A COPY!! Pure brilliance! LOVE!

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sara's language is phenomenal in this collection. She dances with the verses, the stanzas. Her vocabulary is large and she knows when to leave spaces between the lines of her poetry to prompt meaning, a pause, a thought or feeling.

And while she knows how to end a poem gracefully, the most graceful thing is knowing Sara as a person. This is a freshman poet's best work, her heart and soul poured in, and I'm personally patiently waiting for her next collection.

The book is divided into four subsections that read like lines of a poem themselves: 'Our Poor Magic' or 'What Can Never Be Buried.'

With highlights and blurbs on the back cover of some of the best, prolific authors I've known, Sara will keeping you rethinking, retooling, what her work means to you time and time again.