Poems of great stylistic and emotional range that journey widely through love’s losses and connections.
In The Light Between, award-winning poet Terry Blackhawk probes beyond and through the painful dissolution of a long marriage to examine the complexities of love with bravery and delicacy. Mythical themes, elements of the natural world, and masculine/feminine polarities resonate throughout Blackhawk’s poems as she explores loss, the nature of relationships, and the integrity of the individual soul. Ultimately, The Light Between celebrates our connectedness to one another, to the planet, and to the natural world.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE LIGHT BETWEEN
Early in The Light Between the poet writes in the voice of an abandoned Medea berating the errant Jason–”I have no language/to replace what I have lost.” The courage and success of this book is its rediscovery of that necessary language. As the poet travels the country or moves through the streets of Detroit, she finds solace in the trees, birds, and people around her, until the “half a song” heard alone on a New Year’s Eve is absorbed by a celebratory and “brightening silence.” It is the measure of Terry Blackhawk’s skill that she carries us with her and convinces us of the importance of the journey. —Keith Taylor