Inhabiting myriad landscapes, including the marshes, rivers, and sounds of the North Carolina foothills, as well as gulfs, floodplains, and the overflowing banks of the Chattahoochee, Sally Stewart Mohney’s Low Country, High Water consists of delicate, often minimal explorations of family, mortality, nature, and the world behind perception. Often dreamlike and painterly, these poems brim with a lyrical and imagistic power, a contemplative force that ignites the imagination. With a Dickinsonian penchant for portraying states of mind through telescoped metaphors, Mohney crafts poetry that proves insightful, compassionate, and subtle. Even as this work conveys the transitory nature of our world and the people and places that construct our lives, this poetry glows with mystery, vitality, and timelessness.
The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: North Carolina
About the Author
SALLY STEWART MOHNEY, a North Carolina native currently living in Atlanta, is the author of pale blue mercy, as part of Main Street Rag Publishing ‘Author’s Choice Series,’ and A Piece of Calm, from Finishing Line Press. Her work has been featured in journals such as the Boston Literary Review, Broad River Review, San Pedro River Review, and Town Creek Poetry.