Sortings

by Ann Taylor

Poetry. SORTINGS is a collection of poems focusing on the process of making distinctions, reflecting on life's experiences, trying to discover and express what really mattered and continues to matter. The book explores a variety of subjects--childhood and growing up, the natural world, travel, artworks, and teaching. A major focus of this collection is the sorting through recent experiences with the poet's mother as she traveled from the vital, funny, ironic, loving person she was, to becoming a 96-year-old elder struggling with the torments of dementia. The book has a kind of emotional coherence and a narrative arc, moving from memory to more recent subjects that inevitably link the now to the then.

122 pages, Paperback

Published May 30, 2020

About the author

Born in Islington in 1782, English poet and children's author Ann Taylor is best remembered as the elder sister of fellow poet, Jane Taylor, author of the famous song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. One of the Taylors of Ongar, a literary and artistic family of some note, she was the daughter of Isaac Taylor, a well-known engraver, and Mrs. Ann Martin Taylor, who published works offering moral and religious advice. Her brother Isaac Taylor, named for their father, was an engraver, a renowned theologian and inventor, and the author of a number of instructional books for children. Another brother, Jefferys Taylor, was also a published author.