Thanks to Claire Taylor and Annie Powell Stone for sharing their beautiful, clever, and biting poetry with us. These two gems somehow took their experiences of motherhood + the pandemic, two challenges many of us know too well, and crafted them into language that brought out our every emotion, and reminded us of just how human we are.
[These two chapbooks] invite readers to witness the interactions between nature and the cityscape, joy and sorrow in our everyday lives and surroundings. Blending self-reflection and observation, these collections of poems offer a meditation on how our lives are shaped and changed by the places and people we call home.
Enoch Pratt Free Library
host of poetry reading event at the Hampden branch | Claire Taylor, fellow poet