Praise For Tying the light
In Tying the Light, Maril Crabtree reveals a life well-lived. From the slopes of Machu Picchu to fishing in Arkansas, this book collects poems about things that are revealed, disappear, and then reveal themselves again. Like life itself, Tying the Light left me wanting more.
—Robert Lee Brewer, author of Solving the World’s Problems and Writer’s Digest Editor of Poet’s Market
This collection begins with a poem about the ancient Incan ritual of tying the sun down at solstice, “the longest night of the year,” and ends with a poem on the equally ancient Mayan calendar, the Great Stone Wheel of Days. In between, there are poems that soar on the wings of seagulls, poems that go fishing on Lake Hamilton, poems with bittersweet satsumas and buttery lettuce, poems that fall in love with the moon. Maril Crabtree sees the natural world and delights in it; you will, too, after reading this love and light-filled book.
—Barbara Crooker, author of Radiance, Line Dance, More, and Gold.
Maril Crabtree embraces light through her choice of images and words framed by her view of the world. She invites readers to Lasso the light / banish winter’s gloom. Her poems blanch darkness and kindle the human spirit. Each day is a life in light / a birthing and dying / a fierce grabbing / before letting go /. Crabtree seeks shelter from time to time in a temple of words. Her poems are multiple facets of light giving meaning and grace to daily living.
—Judith Bader Jones, author of Delta Pearls, Moon Flowers on the Fence, and The Language of Small Rooms
—Robert Lee Brewer, author of Solving the World’s Problems and Writer’s Digest Editor of Poet’s Market
This collection begins with a poem about the ancient Incan ritual of tying the sun down at solstice, “the longest night of the year,” and ends with a poem on the equally ancient Mayan calendar, the Great Stone Wheel of Days. In between, there are poems that soar on the wings of seagulls, poems that go fishing on Lake Hamilton, poems with bittersweet satsumas and buttery lettuce, poems that fall in love with the moon. Maril Crabtree sees the natural world and delights in it; you will, too, after reading this love and light-filled book.
—Barbara Crooker, author of Radiance, Line Dance, More, and Gold.
Maril Crabtree embraces light through her choice of images and words framed by her view of the world. She invites readers to Lasso the light / banish winter’s gloom. Her poems blanch darkness and kindle the human spirit. Each day is a life in light / a birthing and dying / a fierce grabbing / before letting go /. Crabtree seeks shelter from time to time in a temple of words. Her poems are multiple facets of light giving meaning and grace to daily living.
—Judith Bader Jones, author of Delta Pearls, Moon Flowers on the Fence, and The Language of Small Rooms
