Sharon Chmielarz's fifth collection of poetry is a cornucopia of small, lyric poems on various topics, encompassing Chopin and Pushkin, dolphins and cows, zippers and gourds, bar scenes and garden scenes. As Connie Wanek observes, ''The poems are about--and the last luminous poem is entitled-- 'Everything'.'' Tim Nolan adds, ''In The Sky Is Great, The Sky Is Blue, Sharon Chmielarz is singularly herself with her sharp eye, her quick ear, and her knowledge that 'one becomes full by merely remembering'.''

The Sky Is Great, The Sky Is Blue

Literature & Fiction

Sharon Chmielarz

Poetry

Whistling Shade

Author Sharon Chmielarz, best known for her wry and subtle poems, here turns her attention in a slightly different direction, to word-puzzles that actually have a solution--often more than one. The language is as pleasant and evocative as always, but the challenge is perhaps greater. Answers are provided in the back. Here's one to try out: I can be dark and sombre. I can be bright as sequins, many sequins, sewn on. I can host a moon, a cat, or a snout. Or even your embroidered name. My trouble, I muffle. My mantra, semper fidelis. My motto, do or die. Here's amother one: The head, for all its genius, is limited to nodding and shaking, but these nimble creatures switch easily from giving direction to talking without a mouth. Just one of them, pushed into your chest ain't a sign of love, Bub. A Je t'accuse! can precede a firing squad and is sweatily close to a tongue's lashing or the preacher's wagging. Still these bony ones can make a cashmere Come here. Or discretely wipe a tear or guide a nub across a paper.

Speaking in Riddles

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Nodin Press

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