The Mayapple Forest

"Shelve your losses. Taste spoonfuls in remembrance," exhorts Kim Ports Parsons in this moving and lyrical first collection, The Mayapple Forest. A profound generosity of spirit guides these poems, as the poet navigates a landscape of both loss and abundance. The old homestead, the mother's presence, the lost child and lost self are set against an enduring natural plenty: of gardens, the gathering of food, and the sweetness of cooking with family. Sometimes shadows are raised, sometimes pain suggested-the mayapple's dangerous, delicious lure-but always, the work transcends to a deepening mindfulness, and an authentic acceptance of the world as it actually is. May we all learn from these beautifully compassionate and discerning poems.

-Janet MacFadyen

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Terrapin Books
Published: 10/31/2022
ISBN: 9781947896598
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d