A Sweeter Song

Catharsis: A Poetry Collection

The sweetest song is one that speaks to the heart of universal human experience.

Author: Martina McGowan
Product Code: 9261
ISBN: 9781728283005
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages: 224

Published Date: 01/30/2024
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER & BCALA 2022 HONOR POETRY AWARD WINNER I AM THE RAGE

Experience the rich tapestry of life through the vibrant poetry of A Sweeter Song by Dr. Martina McGowan. This powerful collection offers a unique perspective on the lives of people of color, women, and other marginalized and oppressed people, highlighting the struggles and triumphs that shape our collective human experience.

With each verse, Dr. McGowan brings to life the complex emotions and perspectives that make us who we are, inviting readers to see the world in a new light.

From the joys of love and family to the pain of loss and injustice, A Sweeter Song is a celebration of the human spirit in all its diversity.

For those who are moved by I am the Rage, Dr. McGowan's first award-winning poetry collection, and the seminal works of Amanda Gorman and Maya Angelou, Dr. McGowan's newest collection offers an extraordinary glimpse into the Black experience across a range of topics. The perfect poetry gift book for women and men, A Sweeter Song is a must-read for anyone seeking to connect with the universal issues that touch us all.

Contents

I
Mother’s Day Aubade
A Song for My Mother, The Missing Sestina
The Abettor Speaks
On the Subject of Mothering
The Kindness of Strangers
Delivery: Just outside the door
Sankofa (Home: Who We’re From)
Love Recast in Fire
Lost Song
Flying Lesson
Translation
The Blue Room
Lilies of the Valley
Cartography
Croton
A Sweeter Song

II

Once I Thought I’d Found True Love ( A Villanelle)
Nothing More to Say
What Id We Were Brave
Lost in Time
Easy to Love
Hypnopompic Stirrings
Waking Alone
Love Like Poetry
After (the Rain)
The Nonsynoptic Gospels
Heart Math
Time to Go

III

Death
Seventy (A Sonnet)
A Blessing for My Future Self
Hands
Coranach
Cornelian Glimmer
Titanic
Full Spectrum
What Remains
The End (A Sonnet)
Promise
Scomparsa

IV

How to Destroy the World
Fossicking
Predictive Crises
A Litany of Fear and Loss (A Cento)
The Fullest Life
Echolalia
Americans Won’t Wear THAT Mask
Lingers
Babylon
Once the Fog Has Lifted/Pandemic Pause
Dual Citizenship
Once Dipped: Emergence
Articulations
Revelations from a Riot
Epode to Tedium (Are We Post-Pandemic Yet?)
Why I Can’t Watch the News
Waiting
Each Other’s Business
America, the Repugnant Repiblic (A Golden Shovel)
Sobriquets
Video Prevarication
Prey
Birthing Dead Boys
Ode to a Failed Coup
Smoking Gun
Treadmill of Hate
We Rise
Not Lost
When Archeologists Speak
The Muses of Wartime
Invisible Tribes
Wellness Check

V

The Hum
Letting Go
Ode à Laranja (Ode to the Orange)
The Sea Goddess Calls
The Dunes at Twilight
Winter is Coming #70
The Little Death
Chasing Joy
Becoming Ourselves
Single Socks in Absentia
Ode to Dawn
A Sonnet to Morning’s Door
Hope is… (A Sonnet)
Alchemy
Fear of the Edge
Scriptor Poetica
Sentimental Trees
Ode to An Underrated Food
Gossamer Dreams
The True Cost
Catharsis
VI

Elegy for Eve
No Angels Came to Save Us
Crafting Beyond the Half-Century Mark
Advice to a Crafter
Earth Mother (An Ekphrastic)
J’Accuse (An Ekphrastic)
Borderless and Boundless

VII: Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements: The Work
Acknowledgements: The People

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF NAUTILUS AWARD WINNER & BCALA 2022 HONOR POETRY AWARD WINNER I AM THE RAGE

With each verse, Dr. McGowan brings to life the complex emotions and perspectives that make us who we are, inviting readers to see the world in a new light.

From the joys of love and family to the pain of loss and injustice, A Sweeter Song is a celebration of the human spirit in all its diversity.