Title: In This Burning World
Author: Mary Mackey
Publisher: Marsh Hawk Press
Copyright: 2025
Number of Pages: 118
Blurbs by: Pamela Berkman, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Jane Hirshfield, Wes Jackson, Maxine Hong Kingston, D. Nurkse, Tulsa Book Review, Richard Wiles
Key Descriptors: climate change, love, planet, apocalypse
First Sentence: “such a short path”
Last Sentence: “you who burn in us forever/ with the light of creation”
Comment: Depicting herself as a Cassandra, a prophet no one heeds, Mary Mackey pours a hurricane of love into her poetry. Beware, her humor is dangerous as is her Little Old Lady who is dropped behind enemy lines, who is able to handle multiple lovers and wild beasts with equanimity. Mary Mackey is equal parts scholar/teacher and adventurer.
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