miracles of the BloG: A series
by Carolyn Srygley-Moore
paperback, 114 pages
Punk Hostage Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9851293-5-4
Editor: A. Razor
Introduction: Dom Gabrielli
Cover Design: Geoff Melville
Cover Art Work: Carolyn Srygley-Moore
Available at Punk Hostage Press.
Carolyn Srygley-Moore's latest collection, miracles of the BloG: A series, came into my life at the perfect time. An avid reader of Carolyn's work for a couple of years now, miracles encompasses every aspect of her writing that I have admired and adored for some time. The work is brave, deeply personal, and presented in a unique voice that only Srygley-Moore can produce.
Each poem title begins with the phrase "Miracles of..." There are miracles of solitude, dancing dogs, Baltimore, Panama, darkness, the evening news, and even lettuce. These moments are penned significant for the smallest of reasons, for the greatest of reasons. Srygley-Moore finds miracles in her existence, in the human experience, in failure, and in acceptance. This is why this book flew into my hands at the perfect moment. I needed these miracles, and I bet you do too.
In Syrgley-Moore's poem, “Miracles of waking up laughing,” she describes a simple moment of living enjoyment, a moment of light from within the darkness:
I woke up laughing.
I woke up laughing. I have been in a dark place.
Not yesterday. I remember
*
the lights were bright & harsh
as one emerges.
Should one choose to emerge.
This moment is captured so well by Syrgley-Moore. We can feel the heaviness of days past, but the lightness of this one moment is what prevails. She relishes the act of being human, of being alive, and in this moment, it is a good thing, a thing to appreciate.
My favorite poem from this collection, “Miracles of a sketched madness,” is a classic Srygley-Moore poem. The imagery is stunning, spot on, but the wisdom, the knowing within it, is what makes it such a wonderful piece of writing:
What is madness? doing the same thing over & over
again expecting a different result thinking the same
thing. You are crazy he says you sound crazy.
And later:
It is a basic disagreement.
She despises crows. Calls them whore cunt skank.
I love crows.
They walk the street as I have wanted to walk the street.
Leading to the ending:
You are crazy he says you sound crazy.
I have heard voices since I was nine. I have always been
a stranger. I understand the stranger of Camus
*
as some cannot.
As some can.
Srygley-Moore once again brings so much life to madness, to living, to being human, to the mundane, and to the thrill. miracles of the BloG: A series is a collection that must be owned and read many times over. Each poem is a new experience, a new miracle.
***
Carolyn Srygley-Moore was born in York, Pennsylvania. She graduated, with awards, from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Caroyln has been published by numerous reviews and anthologies. Most recently her work has appeared in Bone Orchard Poetry, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Thus Spoke the Earth, a Haitian anthology.
Carolyn is a poet activist for Real Stories Gallery Foundation,www.real.stories.gallery.com
She has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Web. Carolyn lives in Upstate New York with her husband and daughter.
by Carolyn Srygley-Moore
paperback, 114 pages
Punk Hostage Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9851293-5-4
Editor: A. Razor
Introduction: Dom Gabrielli
Cover Design: Geoff Melville
Cover Art Work: Carolyn Srygley-Moore
Available at Punk Hostage Press.
Carolyn Srygley-Moore's latest collection, miracles of the BloG: A series, came into my life at the perfect time. An avid reader of Carolyn's work for a couple of years now, miracles encompasses every aspect of her writing that I have admired and adored for some time. The work is brave, deeply personal, and presented in a unique voice that only Srygley-Moore can produce.
Each poem title begins with the phrase "Miracles of..." There are miracles of solitude, dancing dogs, Baltimore, Panama, darkness, the evening news, and even lettuce. These moments are penned significant for the smallest of reasons, for the greatest of reasons. Srygley-Moore finds miracles in her existence, in the human experience, in failure, and in acceptance. This is why this book flew into my hands at the perfect moment. I needed these miracles, and I bet you do too.
In Syrgley-Moore's poem, “Miracles of waking up laughing,” she describes a simple moment of living enjoyment, a moment of light from within the darkness:
I woke up laughing.
I woke up laughing. I have been in a dark place.
Not yesterday. I remember
*
the lights were bright & harsh
as one emerges.
Should one choose to emerge.
This moment is captured so well by Syrgley-Moore. We can feel the heaviness of days past, but the lightness of this one moment is what prevails. She relishes the act of being human, of being alive, and in this moment, it is a good thing, a thing to appreciate.
My favorite poem from this collection, “Miracles of a sketched madness,” is a classic Srygley-Moore poem. The imagery is stunning, spot on, but the wisdom, the knowing within it, is what makes it such a wonderful piece of writing:
What is madness? doing the same thing over & over
again expecting a different result thinking the same
thing. You are crazy he says you sound crazy.
And later:
It is a basic disagreement.
She despises crows. Calls them whore cunt skank.
I love crows.
They walk the street as I have wanted to walk the street.
Leading to the ending:
You are crazy he says you sound crazy.
I have heard voices since I was nine. I have always been
a stranger. I understand the stranger of Camus
*
as some cannot.
As some can.
Srygley-Moore once again brings so much life to madness, to living, to being human, to the mundane, and to the thrill. miracles of the BloG: A series is a collection that must be owned and read many times over. Each poem is a new experience, a new miracle.
***
Carolyn Srygley-Moore was born in York, Pennsylvania. She graduated, with awards, from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Caroyln has been published by numerous reviews and anthologies. Most recently her work has appeared in Bone Orchard Poetry, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Thus Spoke the Earth, a Haitian anthology.
Carolyn is a poet activist for Real Stories Gallery Foundation,www.real.stories.gallery.com
She has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Web. Carolyn lives in Upstate New York with her husband and daughter.