About the book
Fifty years of poems
In the first collection of her poetry, spanning over 50 years of work from Mississippi to Washington, D.C. to Cuba to the western states, poet and activist Loretta Strharsky writes of the quiet beauty of nature, personal relationships, and socio-political dynamics, giving voice to the unheard and unseen.
- Mississippi
- Washington, D.C.
- Cuba
- the western states
Publisher NoCo Press, Fort Collins, ColoradoExpected May 2027
A few of her lines
Notes from the margins
Indulging children with the tantalizing temptations of the ocean, parents pause. They sit, sanded, safely away from the foaming fingers of the waves, Trying to remember when they themselves played such games And wondering why they stopped.
So... I shall find my warm jacket fill my thermos and head toward the river for the repeating performance.
I wasted twenty-three minutes studying the lilacs, waiting for them to open. I knew it was much too early, a bit too cold and overcast but I waited anyway.
If I snap a picture Perhaps I could edit out the fence, the barbed wire The sunflowers could then be free And I would not be lost.
Read two complete poems from the collection on the NoCo Press book page.
About the poet
Loretta Strharsky
Loretta Strharsky was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of five children. She taught school in Mississippi before moving to Washington, D.C., then California, and finally Colorado.
She has been a poet since her teenage years and is also an activist. Her poems follow the road she has travelled, noticing the quiet beauty of nature, the people closest to her, and those whose voices too often go unheard.
post-its & parchments is her first collection. You can learn more about her activism and read more of her writing at 10001ways.com.
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