Mary Stewart Hammond

Vexed

Arts & Literature

“This wonderful collection explores, sometimes with wry humor, the vexing dichotomy between the intellect and the soul. In the poet's search for tangible evidence of faith within the ephemeral self, and the external world, her heart 'seeks brightness,/ but its progress . . . ragged.' The reader's heart is also brightened by this beautiful collection. We come away from it, not 'vexed,' but moved and uplifted, brought in touch with our own souls.”