Polly Brody received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mount Holyoke College, and after returning to school in mid-life, earned a Masters Degree in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University. A resident of Southbury, Connecticut, she has traveled widely in Europe, East Africa, Australia and South America. As a biologist and experienced field ornithologist, she lectures on animal behavior and has been an active advocate for the environment. Polly Brody is the author of two earlier collections: Other Nations (poetry) and The Burning Bush (essays with poetry). She has been published in many literary journals and has received numerous awards for her writing. She has been a presenting poet in the New England Foundation for the Humanities series, “After Frost: Poetry in New England,” and has read widely throughout Connecticut and New York. Click here to read sample poems. |
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BOOK STATISTICS ISBN: 978-0-9792226-4-1
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ALCHEMY More than townships apart,by magic tricks your mind is good at, you’ve transformed me from lover into “mother of your children,” managed a total white-out colder than Arctic blindness. No memory of desire |
OMPHALOS I walk downslope to your darkness |
TRANSMUTATION At your touch |
RECEIVING THE WIND Ripe wheat Clouds roil west to east, So do we know |
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