It’s winter, according to the tilt of the earth. Yet in south-central Pennsylvania, where I live, both plants and animals are giving notice of what’s shortly to come. Juncos, the small gray snow birds that populate my backyard, have begun their yearly migration. I see only a few these days. And through the slowly melting snow I’ve noticed the quiet green of crocuses beginning to grow.
In this part of the world, people look forward to the end of winter. I’m a winter person. I love the snow and cold, and the short days and long nights. But every year I too gratefully inhale the signs of spring.
Here at CavanKerry the season means new poetry, and in the coming months we look forward to the release of three new titles. Orphans, by Joan Cusack Handler, examines aging parents and the poet’s own mortality through verse. Eating Moors and Christians, by Sandra M. Castillo, presents exile literature from a Havana born poet now living in the United States. Tornadoesque, by Donald Platt, is a book of poetry and lyric prose that reports on sexuality and middle age.
Enjoy the winter that’s yet to come as you mark your calendar for the arrival of these new releases.
-Starr Troup, Managing Editor