But Still Music

There's a fearlessness in the poems of Anne Pitkin's But Still, Music. The poems span childhood, adulthood and everything in between: growing up in the Jim Crow south, marriage, divorce, the lifelong sorrow over a daughter's passing, travel to distant lands, and the quiet glory of the natural world. Nothing is off limits, and that's part of the bravery of this collection. Pitkin's poems are both emotionally charged and restrained, the notes exact as a just-tuned piano. There's evidence of musicality throughout, as in this sonorous line, "Cicadas sawed gritty fiddles," from a poem called "Ghost Stories." Pitkin's book is full of such surprises, including occasional moments of mordant humor and deeply earned revelations. Pitkin's book is just the sort of music we need, now more than ever.

• | Author: Anne Pitkin
• | Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 90 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1737052032
• | ISBN-13: 9781737052036