As the title of this collection suggests, Carol Lynn Grellas' The Butterfly Room is about transformation: birth, love, loss, illness and death, as they are reflected not just in human experience, but in nature. The rhythm of these poems, particularly "Enchanted Garden'' and "Last Poem,'' recall the work of W.S. Merwin; others dare to take the reader to that "prelude before ecstacy,'' before letting her loose to ponder the mystery these words present. As she says in her own "Language of the Flowers,'' Grellas knows where to "angle the cut,'' where to dive into our fears and emotions, and precisely when to withdraw.
Jane Rosenberg LaForge, After Voices and Half-Life
Carol Lynn is a contemporary poet who infuses her verse with a wistful, classical lyricism, that transforms each work into an enchanting little masterpiece, colored in femininity and hope. It is impossible to read this type of poetry without becoming forever endeared to the writer.
Karen Kelsay Davies, Dove on a Church Bench
These poems, bountiful with precise imagery and subtle twists of
language, keep the reader enthralled from the first page. It is a
truly artful collection that cannot be missed.
Alexis Czencz Belluzzi, Practicing Distance
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