Peggy Schimmelman's poems in
Make Me Your Love Song
dance through a woman's memories, regrets, daily joys, reflections on love and the sadder aspects of life with a fine musicality. Her words take the reader to unexpected conclusions as in "The Odds: "
Why not dance? Why aren't you singing?You have beaten the odds, after all
. Her poetry shows how to continue to grow with grace. As is said in the poem "Look Up!,"
We could all use some perspective-softening moonlight
.
-
Alice Elizabeth Rogoff
,
author of
City Canyons
and
Painting the Cat's Vision
, editor of
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal