I’m thrilled to announce that my first collection I lost summer somewhere has just been published and is available at Amazon and through Kelsay Books.
Here are some of the great things my fellow poets have said about it.
“Melancholy, exuberance, nostalgia, fulfillment, contentment, longing – Sarah Russell hits all the spots, and there isn’t one poem where a woman won’t be able to identify in some way. She’s singing all our songs, putting into magical words things we felt so often but never knew how to tell. Deep sadness matched by laughter, gentleness, love and a sense of adventure. It was a privilege being there with her, living what she remembers, identifying with every line.”
Rose Mary Boehm, author of Tangents, From the Ruhr to Somewhere Near Dresden,and Peru Blues
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“Sarah Russell brings us into her world, a world of “dream-filled summer nights,” where “leaves are October butterflies.” Russell’s poems sing the important moments of life. It’s a song that stays in your mind, drawing you back to the poems again and again.”
Nina Bennett, author of Mix Tape and The House of Yearning
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“Sarah Russell’s poems don’t have to crawl under your skin – they’ve always been there. If you haven’t known a suicide, or gone through divorce or cancer, you’ve known the fear. If you’ve never had a love you’d marry twice if you had three lives, you’ve felt the longing. Russell may have lost summer somewhere, but she has found what makes us human.”
Alarie Tennille, author of Waking on the Moon and Running Counterclockwise
Yes, when it happens that way, one does feel empty of themselves. Well said.
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Yup.
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frantic.
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Indeed.
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Powerful words
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Thanks, Marja.
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That sounds like ravenous behaviour!
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I know. 🙂
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Swift! Goodness! Powerful writing.
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Thanks, Susan.
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Wow!!!
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🙂
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Yep. Lust can be that fierce and all consuming.
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Sort of takes over sometimes, doesn’t it.
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It certainly does. Some of us are lucky with it. But others… not so much.
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“fall back empty of each other,”…Ha, this happens 🙂
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Yup. 🙂
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Will never look at a jackal the same way again!!! 🙂
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Snarling, hungry beasts — jackals… 🙂
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Brilliantly put Sarah! I love this!
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Thanks a lot, Carrie!
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Perfect! says everything about the hunger.
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Thanks a lot, Sara!
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I wonder if I’ll find your poem in the thesaurus next to Lust? It seems an apt description. Love it!
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Not sure Roget will read it — or is even still alive… But that’s high praise, Vivian. Thanks!
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😊
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With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of
plagorism or copyright violation? My blog has a lot of exclusive content
I’ve either authored myself or outsourced but it looks like a lot of it is
popping it up all over the internet without my agreement.
Do you know any methods to help protect against content from being stolen? I’d
certainly appreciate it.
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Try looking at this site: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/money/6-tips-for-protecting-and-defending-your-online-content/
I found a poem on a site (without my name crediting it, of course) and asked them to take it down or credit it. They took it down. I haven’t checked lately. Probably should…
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