Milk and Tides [Perfect Paperback]

Margaret Hasse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2008

She's one of the Midwest's most renowned poets, and her collection of poems in Milk and Tides is unforgettable! Read along as Margaret Hasse shares her inner thoughts and feelings in this amazing book.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: Nodin Press (May 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932472754
• ISBN-13: 978-1932472752
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,006,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Margaret Hasse began writing poetry when she was a child and never stopped. Her three collections of poems were published to positive reviews, and two were finalists for the Minnesota Book Award. Her books are Stars Above, Stars Below, In a Sheep's Eye, Darling, and Milk and Tides, new in 2008. This book won the 2008 poetry award from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. Hasse has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship recipient and two Loft-McKnight poetry fellowships, among others. Her B.A. is from Stanford University and her M.A. from the University of Minnesota, both in English. Learn more at www.MargaretHasse.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review from Minnesota Literature, December 30, 2008

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Timothy J. Nolan (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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Milk and Tides...poems by Margaret Hasse. Margaret Hasse is an ecstatic mother and an ecstatic poet. She pays close and loving attention to the small details, the everyday revelations in raising children and making a family. Her son, wearing his Cub Scout uniform, "cups his hand / when he covers his heart / as if he protects / a red butterfly..." When Hasse thinks of her son's birth mother, she wants to "lick him all over / with a cow's thick tongue, / to taste him and mark him as mine..." Hasse watches her sons grow with a sense of stunned awe, while she also dreams of her own deceased mother "My mother strokes my hair, pulls / a strand behind my ear. I wake / to rain on the roof..." Hasse accomplishes in Milk and Tides a form of telescope sleight of hand--telling the whole story of her family and her arrival in surprised middle age, in a lively, funny, and wise book--a book that is lit by joy. (Nodin Press, 76 pp. $16.00) Tim Nolan

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb and moving, March 15, 2009

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Miles Jefferson (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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Margaret Hasse has done it again. In her long-awaited latest volume of verse, she has combined her life experiences, big heart, keen observations, and poetic gifts to create another memorable book. She brings an honest, fresh, and singular voice to poetry. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nurture and Nature - "Milk and Tides", February 28, 2009

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Stanley R. Nelson - See all my reviews
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Ann Nelson, Westwood Hills, Kansas

I am neither a writer nor a critic, but I am a lover of poetry. In my humble opinion there are several perfect poems in this lovely collection and one of them is "Basket,River." I feel the pain and beauty of the telling of adoption -- the birth mother placing her baby in the small basket, the big river of life, the safety of the bulrushes and the joy and strength of the new mother as she finds the child and takes him to her. The biblical references are woven expertly and feelingly into the poem. I have given "Milk and Tides" to special relatives and friends and all of them are as pleased as punch to have his/her own copy. Some of the recipients are seniors, like me, and we are especially fond of "Life in Reverse." I highly recommend his book!