Dancing on the Rim by Clela ReedDancing on the Rim by Clela Reed
“Dancing on the Rim is a book of human relationships and the complex and often painful ways the heart is forced to negotiate the world. These are insightful, brave, and honest poems, and they teach us time and again, how to live and how to love the world. "
—David Bottoms Poet Laureate of Georgia, author of Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump and Vagrant Grace
“Clela Reed possesses the poet’s eye and the poet’s gift for language, her mastery of metaphor and lushness of image evident everywhere in this collection. In surprising and delightful ways, she often links the quotidian with the primal to demonstrate the timelessness of our human yearning and connection. Here is a bright new voice in American poetry.”
—Sarah Gordon, author of Distances and Flannery O'Connor: the Obedient Imagination
“Love occupies the landscape of Dancing on the Rim: family, friends, the delicious vista of romantic love with all its nuance and shifts. Deftly crafted with fine detail and sure music, these poems resonate with experience, yet sing with the innocence of discovery. Reed cherishes “this natural dare to reach” moving readers to the edge, allowing them to tumble into surprise and pleasure. A wonder-filled debut! ”
—Karla Huston, author of An Inventory of Lost Things, Centennial Press, 2009.
