For the Shrew

By Anna Glazova

Glazova invites us to perceive the unfolding natural world with all our senses--a bee, a swamp, the icy north--and to consider our place in it.

Her concise and sensory poems elucidate not just a moment in nature, but the flow of time. A snow-covered bud, a clod of earth, an animal's fur, and human beings are all part of a continuous cycle of life and death. Glazova is also a photographer, and light, shadow, and darkness filter through these poems. But listening is as important as seeing: "put your ear to the ground: the log and the bark beetle / sing as one--they begin."

Glazova came of age during perestroika, moved to Germany as a young woman, and received her doctorate in the U.S. Her poetry is strongly influenced by Paul Celan, whose work she has translated to Russian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938890957
• ISBN13: 9781938890956
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Zephyr Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 7.9"