Dr Wendy J Dunn on Anne Casey’s latest book

Profile Wendy J Dunn LE P&W Mag August 2019

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One of our Senior Editors (Backstory and Other Terrain) is the extraordinarily gifted poet Anne Casey. I had come away reading ‘where the lost things go’, Casey’s first collection of poetry, in awe of the power of her words and the perfection of her poetry. ‘out of emptied cups, Casey’s new work left me equally in awe.

The ancients once said the stars made music which no one can hear – but it is there – real, speaking to our souls. The music of Casey’s poetry we can indeed hear. Her poetry sings with honesty, striking at the reader’s heart. Casey is an amazingly skilful poet unafraid to experiment with rhyme and meter. Her poems become art on the page as their message is not brought home by words, but often through word shapes depicted like hearts or chalices.

This is truly a courageous, beautiful body of work. Reading Casey’s poems reminded me of what the poet Muriel Rukeyser once said: ‘What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open’. Casey’s truth confronts us in her poetry, and challenges us to gaze through her eyes.

Dr Wendy J Dunn 
novelist and poet, Manager Editor of Backstory and Other Terrain Journal.

The detailed review can be read Here.

out of emptied cups is published by Salmon Poetry and is available here:
https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=512&a=307


© Dr Wendy J Dunn