Red Kite, Blue Sky: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781950584987)

Red Kite, Blue Sky, the debut poetry collection from Madeleine May Kunin, celebrates life and the natural world, occasioned by the birth of grand-children, the memories of friendship and past birthdays/Bar Mitzvahs, a gift of plum-colored gloves from the poet's daughter, the Sicilian sun which "melts my argument against myself," with sharp observations and humor. Like Emily Dickinson before her, Kunin does not shy away from death; rather she embraces the anticipation "before death drags me deep," the gap in her life when her beloved husband dies, the fear of immigration to America during World War II with "an H for Hebrew, I found out later," and the sadness of being isolated as an older woman living alone during the pandemic. For years Kunin was caught in the tempo of politics--as governor, as a federal official, and as an ambassador--but as she eased into retirement from public life, she found a door that opened for her to explore the multi-layered language of poetry.

Author: Madeleine May Kunin
ISBN-10: 1950584984
ISBN-13: 9781950584987
Publisher: Green Writers Press
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2021
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d