Mari Deweese

Like a fiery sea nymph, Deweese skillfully navigates the challenging waters of the universe. A questioning enchantress, sifting through memories rich in erotic imagery, she glides ghost-like through death of innocence to depths of exquisite sensual connection - transcendent in nature yet forever at odds with the test of time. - Barbara H. Moore, author of Dancing On Broken Glass

With their ravening grace, these blood bright poems call echoes of their kindred - Sappho, Plath, di Prima - not as source but as sisters. Deweese understands the empty spaces between loneliness and desire and the sanctity of flesh as refuge. Her poems seduce. She speaks of "the most pure incarnation of human love," and I believe her. Here is a masterful poet glowing in her power. Do not miss this book.-- Jeff Weddle, winner of the Eudora Welty Prize