John Terpstra

Angelicus

Arts & Literature

“Martin has found his poetic voice, voicing the angels. These are celestial beings who know how to play with words, who love to alliterate, rap internal rhymes, and turn deft and memorable phrases. And they do it all with passion and wit, while never for a moment losing sight of the profound seriousness of their mission from God to us children of clay, and working tirelessly behind the scenes and before our unseeing eyes, keeping their keen yet sympathetic sights on all that makes us human and flawed, noble and delusional, and somehow still mightily loved by our Creator. . . A heavenly host of praises for these poems, and this book.”

The Hatching of the Heart

Arts & Literature

“Margo Swiss's new book of poems is devout, intense, often heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting. These are poems for the wounded and grief-smitten: those who know and believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but who also know from experience that the light starts out dim and small. With her at times jagged, stepping-stone syntax and unexpected surprising bursts of rhyme, Swiss disarms us with her clarity and honesty. And she brings a touch of the mystic to this collection of spiritually frank poems.”