Louisiana Literature Press is proud to announce the publication of Beth Gordon’s poetry collection, Crone.
The book is currently available for purchase through our press store (Please remember to specify title and author when submitting payment via PayPal.). The book will also be listed on Amazon.com in the near future.
From Crone
Crone
After I was no longer the mother of my children the trees started talking to me.
Without provocation. I wasn’t listening. Had never hoped to know their flora
thoughts. Never dreamt of their tongues thick with bark. Never once did I strokea tree the way I stroke a cat. When the first tree said why I said why don’t you know?
Then a rabbit stopped me in my tracks to mourn the clover days of Spring. The
snowy path no comparison to the gentle morning blossoms. She told me that
April was too far away for her to believe she would still be alive. Some hungry
fox or curious child or sterile machine would be her undoing. She ran back into
Winter who whispered her name, which I have forgotten. I have not forgotten
my children’s leafy faces waiting for their mother to arrive.
About Our Author
Beth Gordon is a poet, mother and grandmother currently living in
Asheville, NC. She is the author of several books including The Water Cycle
(Variant Literature) and How to Keep Things Alive (Split Rock Press). Beth
is Managing Editor of Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Assistant Editor
of Animal Heart Press, and Grandma of Femme Salve Books. Twitter,
Bluesky, and Instagram @bethgordonpoet.