The Sky Is Great, The Sky Is Blue

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'.''