This Sharpening

by Ellen Dore Watson and Ellen Watson

Poetry. Vivid, propulsive, and compelling, Ellen Dor Watson's THIS SHARPENING maps with unflinching attention the unraveling of a marriage and the persistence of longing, the pain of loss and the persistence of pleasure in motherhood, and the stuff of everyday life--whether indulging fantasies of revenge, reveling in a child's kisses, or deconstructing a first date in 25 years. "Ellen Watson is an eloquent, passionate poet; tender, wildly inventive, with the wonder of childhood and a grown woman's comic sense. Watson's poetry is the real thing"--Robert Pinsky. "I am stupid with awe of Ellen Dor Watson. Reading her work does that to you, makes you a little drunk on the world, a little tipsy and stumble-tongued"--Claiborne Smith.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932195432
• ISBN13: 9781932195439
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"