How can Iâor anyoneânot adore David Grahamâs new collection? The tone throughout is hospitable, wry, and affirming even while acknowledging that loss and suffering are ever present. The honey of earth âcomes and goes at once,â Wallace Stevens wrote, and these poems embody that paradox in vivid detail and compelling language. The sweetness that life offersâlove, art, music, family, natureâexists simultaneously with the bitterness it guaranteesâpain, grief, death. Both coming and going, The Honey of Earth deftly weaves âdarkness and light togetherâ with great wisdom, humor, and compassion. âEric Nelson
The Honey of Earth - David Graham & Diane Lockward
How can Iâor anyoneânot adore David Grahamâs new collection? The tone throughout is hospitable, wry, and affirming even while acknowledging that loss and suffering are ever present. The honey of earth âcomes and goes at once,â Wallace Stevens wrote, and these poems embody that paradox in vivid detail and compelling language. The sweetness that life offersâlove, art, music, family, natureâexists simultaneously with the bitterness it guaranteesâpain, grief, death. Both coming and going, The Honey of Earth deftly weaves âdarkness and light togetherâ with great wisdom, humor, and compassion. âEric Nelson