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FLIGHT OF HONEY IBD

DIANNE BORSENIK
LUCHADOR PRESS
05 / 2023
9781958182390
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'In poet Dianne BorsenikâÇÖs new book Flight of Honey, theásounds of music, homages to visual art, maps of familyágeography, interactions with nature, and married life andárelated concerns, combine in a poetry collection that is asásatisfying, fluid, and sticky as the titular sweetener. If everáa writer deserved to be Poet Laureate of Ohio, it would beáDianne Borsenik.'-Gregg Shapiro, author of Refrain in Lightá(Souvenir Spoon Press, 2023)'BorsenikâÇÖs new collection of poems is a lyrical journeyáthrough a year of experiences that mirror the changingáseasons. In free verse poems, haiku, and haibun, Borsenikáexplores the tensions of lifeâÇÖs highs and lows. One momentáwe can relish a 'golden weekend' with days like honey,á'richly aureate,' and the next, we hunker down, struggleáamid the booms and busts of history. Through it all, thereáis plenty of music, a soundtrack in language and in images-from a grandfather strumming a dulcimer somewhereáin a West Virginia hollow to Aretha Franklin belting outáher classic 'Respect,' to the music of the universe, 'oneágiant composition plucked out / on a cosmic guitar.'-Chuck Salmons, author of Patch Job (Night Ballet Press, 2017) and Stargazer Suiteá(11thour Press, 2016)'In this sweet collection, spiked with the poetâÇÖs desire to liveálonger than her mother did ('genetic advantage/is not in myácharts,') we have zany moments where Jesus roams the Wal-mart parking lot, sixties lyrics zing, and birds and feral catsscreech in Midwest intersections. But the poems revel also in serious seasons of honey tasting, including the latter days,'the best of all,' as Borsenik fills her hive with finely realizedáecho puns, ekphrasis, haiku, haibun, and many free-verseform explorations. We usually say this about fiction, but I have to say about this book of poems: I couldnâÇÖt put it down.'áááá-Diane Kendig, author of Woman With a Fan: On Maria Blanchard (Shanti Arts, 2021)'For something so sweet, honey has a surprising depth ofáflavor, secret floral notes buried under waves of fructose andáglucose. Similarly, the poetry of Dianne Borsenik will surpriseáyou if you let it. There is joy and tranquility here that sometimesábubbles with mad effervescence, but also darker currents as she explores rustbelt landscapes, the Appalachian diaspora, theádaughter-of-a-daughter-inlawâÇÖs blues, and her own mortality.áLike the 'flight of honey' in her title poem, sheáfollows the áseasons, tasting deep and mixing poetic forms to find heráburied treasures. You will find haibun, ekphrastic poems, wordsáonáthe wings of an uknown bird, and Jesus traipsing intoáWalmart. Much to loveand wonder over!'áááá-R. C. Wilson, editor/publisher of Last Exit Press, curator of Last Exit Open Poetry Readings in Kent, OH'What life-affirming music is to be found in these meditations that travel from 'a glass of ice cubes' all the way to 'the solar lux.' The Flight of Honey is graced by jays and bees, by the sweet honey of breath, 'look at how the bodies touch' this book asks and hands us the spirit that rises on wings with each blessed passing day.'á-Sean Thomas Dougherty, Death Prefers the Minor Keys (BOA Editions, 2023)

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