Poetry from the heart, and heartland of America. Music of words, a sonata for the American Experience. I very much enjoyed this tome of poetry, telling stories with telling emotion...

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5.0 out of 5 stars DSSL=Great Poetry, September 23, 2005

By	Phoebe Stogstill (by the shores of Gitchee Goomie) - See all my reviews

DARK SHADINGS SPATTERED LIGHT BY Saramarie Hogg is a fine book
of poetry. As a reader, you either like poetry or do not. If
you like it, this is worth a look-see. The author's talent lies
in her use of imagery--it can put you right there! She has a
knack for internal rhyming. Most of her poetry does not rhyme,
some do. There are dreamy poems about love, picturesque locales
and moods. There are starkly realistic poems about nursing home
life, visiting graves, poems with ironic twists. The author
makes a visit to a home-bound elderly lady who has a little
Boston Terrier. She is squeamish about going, but the old lady
(Georgia Girl) wants to have someone to Easter dinner. She enjoys
the meal with GG, but notices she is frying chicken in a
cast-iron skillet "What is that for?" She wonders as they have
just enjoyed a feast with plenty of leftovers. Well it is for
Queenie, the dog. On this one day the dog turns up its nose at
the fried chicken. The author asks to try a piece. It tastes
exactly like her own mother's fried chicken recipe that she has
craved for 25 years but has not been able to eat because her own
mother is gone. This is all condensed into a twenty-five line
poem. It is an excellent book of poetry, well-organized.

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