Deep Water: ‘Grief,’ by Lee Sharkey
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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This week’s Deep Water poem is the final poem in the final book of beloved poet Lee Sharkey, who passed away last year. Written by a woman on the cusp of the beyond, “Grief” astounds me over and over with its vulnerability, wisdom, and grace. This poem is at once devastating and transcendent.
Join us on Thursday to celebrate the launch of Lee’s final book, “I Will Not Name It Except to Say,” in an online event hosted by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance and Kelly’s Books To Go, and featuring readings by Lee’s friends and colleagues. For more information, visit mainewriters.org/calendar/sharkey.
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Deep Water: ‘Rock Bowl,’ by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Editor’s note: This week, Deep Water is excited to welcome the first of three upcoming guest editors – Maine poets who will bring an exciting new range of poetic voices to the column. This poem, Jason Grundstrom-Whitney’s “Rock Bowl,” was chosen and is introduced by Maliseet poet Mihku Paul, whose poem “Afterlife” appeared last week.
Jason Grundstrom-Whitney’s use of archetypes in “Rock Bowl” brings a mythic storytelling aspect to the poem that is simultaneously universal and intimate. This poem is a vignette that evokes the land as relation through richly detailed language and the ceremonial behaviors of Bear, Raven and Coyote. The poem is both lament and invitation to imagine a deeper reverence for the earth.
Deep Water: ‘Social Distancing,’ by Gretchen Berg
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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All of us can relate to something in this week’s poem, Gretchen Berg’s “Social Distancing.” I love this poem’s specificity and details, its candor, and its humor. It may well inspire all of us to make our own lists of things we never thought we’d miss.
Berg is a performance artist/educator and writer. She is the lead teaching artist for Portland arts education partnership Side X Side, works in rural Maine schools through the Local Stories Project and often teaches performance courses at Bates College. She was lucky enough to spend time at Monson Arts this summer writing poetry.
Deep Water: ‘Welcome Home,’ by Gary Lawless
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
By Megan Grumbling
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This week’s Deep Water poem, “Welcome Home,” by Gary Lawless, is about America – not its politics or borders, but the expansive land and waters where we make our home. In “Welcome Home,” which recently appeared in Cove Street Gallery’s “I Am An American” exhibit in Portland, Lawless shares an essential vision of America the beautiful: diverse, dynamic and wide open.
Lawless is co-owner of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, and a widely published poet, with 20 published collections in the U.S. and five in Italy. Originally from Belfast, he lives in Nobleboro.
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