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96 pages, $11.95
ISBN 0-9660459-2-0
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When this body’s done, my breath
will find another
shape to flame in. Pink-speckled
heart leaf, spiraled fossil, good luck
cat, yellow-eyed, paw raised.
Oh to be that blue
star morning
sun ignites. Petals
curled toward heaven,
filaments at the center
spilling light.
Or the turquoise glass
bead hanging from a silver paper
crane, drop of ocean solid
in the window, shard of sky.
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“Janet Aalfs is, simply, one of our best contemporary poets…[Her] poems celebrate the body from a knowledge of it that is utter artistry…They open possibilities not only for the body, but for what it wants, what it needs, and what may be in store beyond.” —Peregrine
“Aalfs’ poetic talent…[reminds] me of the central role of mindfulness in a poet’s approach to the world.”
—Lambda Book Report
“Aalfs is that rare poet whose writing encompasses both body and spirit in a seamless whole.”
—The Women’s Times |
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Janet E. Aalfs was poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts from 2003 to 2005. She has poetry, fiction, and essays in numerous journals and anthologies, and has published several chapbooks. In 1996, she won Peregrine’s annual poetry contest. Aalfs is a 7th-degree black belt and the director of Valley Women’s Martial
Arts: Institute for Healing and Violence Prevention Strategies.
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