Our Poetry Editor, Irene Willis, is on book leave and will be back with a new column in April. I am posting this review of her recently published book, and a poem from it, for you to enjoy.

A Review of REHEARSAL by Irene Willis (IP Books.net)

The emotional center of Irene Willis’ first-rate book REHEARSAL is a love story. It’s about her husband who died and her courageous recovery of herself. The short poems are in free verse with striking images. My favorite is, fittingly the last, an ironical comment on her end.

GETTING TO CHOSE
But who gets to choose this ordered end
-Maxine Kumin

Kate Sontag

Good morning, everyone – and I hope those of you in areas where it’s frigid are able to stay indoors where you can be safe and warm (or hygge, as we’ve learned to say now).  I’m always impressed, as you must be, by people who manage to get to work on days like these, still cheerful and smiling, even though they may be worried about how their children are doing when schools are closed.