Tangled Threads - Softcover

Von Strohuber, Margo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 142183779X ISBN 13: 9781421837796

Publisher: Blue Light Press, 2017

Synopsis

Margo is a poet whose body of work has primarily remained buried in her desk drawer.  After teaching for 40 years, her collection Tangled Threads, winner of the 2016 Blue Light Press Poetry Prize Competition, marks her entry into publishing.  Margo shares her life with her partner of 23 years, two daughters, and a granddaughter in Fairfield, Iowa, a town of multiple marvels and 10,000 marvelous folk.

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Review

“The tangible power of love so seductively expressed. The compelling verses made a beeline to my heart.” 

—Diane Denbaum, Author of

    Madly in Love Forever.

 

“I love them. . . they are direct. . . reach right out and pull you in, accessible, easy to follow and understand, yet with surprising images and unpredictable word play. . . dense with meaning they delight the mind, and also touch the heart, make vulnerability safe. I had several aha experiences reading these poems, recognizing my own heretofore unnamed, unexpressed moments. Finally, they roll off the tongue, rich with alliteration and internal rhyme. They beg to be read aloud, even if no one else is there to hear. ”

  —Carol Olicker

 

“I’ve been following Margo Von Strohuber’s writing for many years, and the poems in Tangled Threads are her best.  What I most admire in these poems is the raw passion and fierce minimalism.  Every line is transparent to the emotions.  Every poem in this book is a jewel.” 

—Diane Frank, Author of Canon for Bears and Ponderosa Pines

 

“Margo von Strohuber’s lively poems sing with wit, intelligence, and passion. With a poet’s finely tuned ear and wicked sharp intelligence these poems consume the reader in the true art of poetry. They do the hard work of speaking the truths that lie beyond polite assumptions. They are brave, smart, full of heart and wisdom with a smidge of laugh out loud chuckles to boot. Do not miss these poems. Among the best I’ve read in ages.”

—Meg Hill Fitz-Randolph

Edition details

• Publisher: Blue Light Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 142183779X
• ISBN 13: 9781421837796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44