I Said The Sea Was Folded Poems

A fragmentary account of life and its complexities, I said the sea was folded charts the first three years of Erik Jensen’s relationship with his partner, Evelyn Ida Morris. These are love poems, written against the difficulty of understanding another person. They are startling in their simplicity and their frankness. ‘ A full, honest, brave, overflowing heart. Australia has her Emily Dickinson.’ —Kate Jennings

"A fragmentary account of life and its complexities, I said the sea was folded charts the first three years of Erik Jensen's relationship with his partner, Evelyn Ida Morris. These are love poems, written against the difficulty of understanding another person" -- back cover.

Back to the sea, someone said, and many agreed, so they went. Forsaking the land, they stepped cautiously into the waters, like newborns opening their eyes to peer at the world for the first time. What they found was a world that itself, seemed to be alive--shifting and swaying like some gigantic animal. And it was here they found their new home among the rocks and coral, the fish and fauna. Flowing through the waters veins, they quickly became woven into the seas intricate pattern. But they never forgot those who had stayed behind. And they longed, one day, to be with them. Such gorgeous imagery is affecting and evocative... -Clarion Forward Reviews A slim but powerful debut collection of poetry... -Kirkus Reviews

Poetry. "Ann Neelon brings an unique voice to her first book. Her range of personal concerns include the tragedies of the Gulf War, a sojourn in Nicaragua, the Rwandan War, and other episodes of what are called world events, as well as her father's death, domestic love and the birth of her first child. Throughout, she successfully ignores the current obsession with the confessional. Her long lines, interspersed with very short ones, have a tone unlike anyone else's. A truly auspicious beginning" -Denise Levertov.

The tide grabs you bythe ankles and drags youback out to sea every timeyou reach for me. Right? Sayit's the tide. Say it's the sea.Say you are notchoosing this.Kristina Mahr's fifth poetry collection, Say It's the Sea, finds new and simultaneously exhilarating and heart-wrenching ways to blend her familiar lyrical style with further exploration of what it means to be human, to be brave, to love.To go all in and lose it all.To get it back.And to risk it all again.

All Roads Lead to the Sea is a first collection of poetry from a young Bulgarian immigrant poet. Her work had already attracted considerable attention, with a special issue of Poetry New Zealand featuring her poems. Her moody, evocative poems brilliantly convey the rootlessness and restlessness of the immigrant, the mingled sense of loss and wonder in the new land, the nostalgia and the longing, the hopes and the memories. The three parts of the book mirror a passage from dislocation to exploration to looking forward, with the last part dominated by the image of the sea. These haunting, powerful poems introduce a fresh and original talent.