Names We've Never Known
Poems
978-1-933896-39-7 Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 in
80 pp.
Pub Date: 11/03/2010
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—Karla K. Morton
2010 Texas Poet Laureate
"We should have been prepared for this level of lyrical quality—just based on her Beastie book. But there’s no way we could have anticipated this level of passion, wisdom, and sensitivity. There is a subtext that runs through Karla’s work, an in-the-moment hunger, a realization that yes, all life is fleeting—but look how glorious and rich it can be. She knows how to name things, how to give the most common of items a special magic and meaning. Read the poem 'Charmer'. The images are all images we know and understand but in Karla’s hands they are transformed into something deeper, they turn into images that transcend the moment. That is what good poetry is supposed to do. And Karla’s poems do it—again and again and again."
—Alan Birkelbach
2005 Texas State Poet Laureate
About the Author
Published by Texas Review Press