Forsythia

By Mark D. Bennion

What is it like to lose a sibling in childhood, a much loved little brother with whom you shared nearly everything? In precisely detailed and richly imagined poems, with tenderness and healing clarity, the poet Mark D. Bennion tells us. These poems, part elegy, part celebration, part reckoning of loss and love, contain the ageless gifts of knowledge and compassion. ~ Greg Pape, author of American Flamingo and FourSwans In his new collection Forsythia Mark D. Bennion takes unexpected risks in recapturing a time of childhood that is both fraught with questions of grief as well as light-filled memories of a time when his brother Brian was alive. There is a tentativeness here that intensifies the sense of emotional honesty and vulnerability in these strong, searching poems. The poet speaks from several vantage points: as a younger brother unable to understand the shock of sudden tragedy, as an observer of his parents struck with the horror of the news they have received, as an adult keenly aware of the way time divides into before and after the death of Brian. In Forsythia he has created a riveting collection of poems about loss and survival. ~ Linda Zisquit, author of Havoc: New & Selected Poems

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615885977
• ISBN13: 9780615885971
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Aldrich Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"