To Love One Another: Poems Celebrating Marriage

by Ginny Lowe Connors (Editor)

Contemporary American poets express what is so hard to say in this collection of delightful poems celebrating the joys of marriage. Wendell Berry, XJ Kennedy, Norbert Krapf, Dorianne Laux, Lisel Mueller, and Marge Piercy are among the poets represented in this book. To Love One Another is a refreshing reminder that even in difficult times, even in a cynical age, love can forge bonds that will strengthen and sustain us.

86 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2002

About the author

Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of four full-length poetry collections: Without Goodbyes: From Puritan Deerfield to Mohawk Kahnawake, Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village , The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line, and Barbarians in the Kitchen, as well as a chapbook, Under the Porch, winner of the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. In addition, she has edited six anthologies, including Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry . She’s won numerous awards for her poetry, including the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, the Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, and various prizes sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, including their top prize, The Founders Award. Connors has been invited to participate in the West Cork Literary Festival in Ireland. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Connors is on the executive board of the Connecticut Poetry Society and Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. She served as poet laureate of her town, West Hartford, Connecticut, from 2013-2015. She also runs a small poetry press, Grayson Books and is co-editor of Connecticut River Review, a national poetry journal.

Reviews

[Scott Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book of poems on Marriage that I've read. Some are tender, others humorous, others filled with the mixture of emotion and challenge that marriage brings. Highly, highly recommended.