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-Sandi Stromberg, Frogs Don't Sing Red: Poems, Kelsay Books, 2023
Just as the limestone of poet d. ellis phelps' beloved Texas Hill Country reveals for posterity the record of geological time, of failure & faith comprises phelps' poetic record of Nature's sedimentary genius. These rich poems all seep in like the silt deposits the eons have layered into canyons. We see our own ephemeral image in the striated depths of this "holding ground" we inhabit together, and we recognize that we fail most in our failure to rejoice at the wonder of being no less alive than the "primrose open[ing] / her yellow face // in praise of the day."
-Stephanie L. Harper, This Being Done
of failure and faith is a collection as brilliant as the sun glinting off water, full of urgency and wanting colored by Texas skies and grass and hummingbirds. d. ellis phelps writes lullabies and laments for Texas, chronicles the shifts in its nature, and observes it with the perfect blend of lush and spare language. Her poems move with ease and aplomb. I relished every evocative and sensual idea-wildflowers as street preachers, spirit that speaks as clear as a dragonfly's wing, cypresses kneeling in the water. Readers will find resonances in every poem, both mundane and profound-the big box store, never-ending concrete, and country roads.
-Kendra Preston Leonard, PhD, Protectress
Author: D. Ellis Phelps
ISBN-10: 1639803017
ISBN-13: 9781639803019
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2023
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d
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