EMILY
Emily meanders through everyday experiences as a slightly detached witness to the acknowledged beauty of her world and also to its huge disillusionments, misunderstandings, and betrayals. At times even desire fades in the face of tiredness of trying to understand. Wanting to be noble and often wanting to please those around her through compliance with their wishes, she constantly runs into snags. Too early for anyone's taste she begins to question God and her own role in the world, as well as the role of others, especially women, around her. She is troubled by uneasy relationships with other people, notably men. They seem to not just be on different wavelengths, but as though swimming in different oceans altogether, and the connections appear to be elusive. Nothing is ever quite as she expected or hoped for or planned. Fundamentally, however, she is not given to despair, but instead to gratitude for the irrevocable and undeniable beauty of the world.
Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950730-22-3
Publication Date: February 18, 2020
Emily meanders through everyday experiences as a slightly detached witness to the acknowledged beauty of her world and also to its huge disillusionments, misunderstandings, and betrayals. At times even desire fades in the face of tiredness of trying to understand. Wanting to be noble and often wanting to please those around her through compliance with their wishes, she constantly runs into snags. Too early for anyone's taste she begins to question God and her own role in the world, as well as the role of others, especially women, around her. She is troubled by uneasy relationships with other people, notably men. They seem to not just be on different wavelengths, but as though swimming in different oceans altogether, and the connections appear to be elusive. Nothing is ever quite as she expected or hoped for or planned. Fundamentally, however, she is not given to despair, but instead to gratitude for the irrevocable and undeniable beauty of the world.
Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950730-22-3
Publication Date: February 18, 2020
Emily meanders through everyday experiences as a slightly detached witness to the acknowledged beauty of her world and also to its huge disillusionments, misunderstandings, and betrayals. At times even desire fades in the face of tiredness of trying to understand. Wanting to be noble and often wanting to please those around her through compliance with their wishes, she constantly runs into snags. Too early for anyone's taste she begins to question God and her own role in the world, as well as the role of others, especially women, around her. She is troubled by uneasy relationships with other people, notably men. They seem to not just be on different wavelengths, but as though swimming in different oceans altogether, and the connections appear to be elusive. Nothing is ever quite as she expected or hoped for or planned. Fundamentally, however, she is not given to despair, but instead to gratitude for the irrevocable and undeniable beauty of the world.
Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950730-22-3
Publication Date: February 18, 2020
About BEATE SIGRIDDAUGHTER
Beate Sigriddaughter grew up in Nürnberg, Germany. Her playgrounds were a castle and World War II ruins. She now lives in Silver City, New Mexico (Land of Enchantment) where she was poet laureate from 2017 - 2019. Her work has received several poetry awards. She orchestrates the blog Writing In A Woman's Voice, where she publishes other women's voices and awards a monthly prize.
Her latest novel is Soleil Madera.
Recent poetry collections are Wild Flowers (FutureCycle Press, 2022) and Kaleidoscope (Cholla Needles, 2021).
Her latest short story collection is Dona Nobis Pacem (Unsolicited Press, 2021)
See more at www.sigriddaughter.net
