Marly Youmans' 'The Throne of Psyche'
by Laura Murphy Frankstone on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 4:26pm.
Just closed the covers of Marly Youmans' gorgeous new book of poems, 'The Throne of Psyche,' and, gosh, it was hard coming to again, on this hot July day. Here there're no freshets, no dryads. No one here uses words like auroral or boreal or louse-pickage. Truth told here doesn't pack a smart punch like Marly's. Ineffable, here, hardly ever happens. But there... oh, yes. I only meant to dip into the book for now, but once in, there was no way out but through. My advice to you: buy this book and read it. Poetry, in THIS world, needs all the support it can get. And, oh, that Clive HIcks-Jenkins cover---a brooding mix of Ucello, Thomas Hart Benton, and Chagall. Sublime.
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Have long admired Laura and her paintings!
ReplyDeleteShe is also wonderful in person! (As are the paintings. And the garden.)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous stuff, and as usual, well deserved praise for our own Ms. Marly.
ReplyDeleteI thought about us moving to Chapel Hill as a compromise for Floyd, but it was too far away.
Chapel Hill would be nice, or maybe Hillsborough. For that matter, Charlottesville... If you were thinking about mid-South college towns with a streak of culture.
ReplyDelete(Too far from Jeremy? From California?)
Now that's an awesome review! (I need to learn Marlyist vocabulary for a more original word for awesome.)
ReplyDeleteCharlottesville has neither my kind of synagogue nor my kind of yoga. But Chapel Hill and Charlotte have both.
ReplyDeleteIt's too late though; we bought our house here. And yes, it's too far from Jeremy.
Dale, go visit Laurelines--lots more where those came from!
ReplyDeletemarja-leena--I thank you for your sterling, bodacious, scrumptious, and all-around fantabuloso remark!
Robbi--You are set, that is certain! I wouldn't go for Charlotte, myself, but Chapel Hill or Hillsborough: good by me.
Clever, that mix of artists she mentions. I have at different times asked him about Ucello (his St. George and the Dragon in particular) and Chagall, but I hadn't though about Thomas Hart Benton. Interesting.
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous stuff!
ReplyDeleteLots more Laura where that came from (and, come to think of it, lots more me where mine come from as well.)
ReplyDeleteMarly, you ARE a fast one! Of course, I knew this but, apparently, not well enough. Thank you and your readers for your very kind comments. SO hoping to see you in October!
ReplyDeleteBad memory: if I'm not fast, I risk forgetting!
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