In
this chapbook, Kimberly Groninga offers precise and insightful
poems that examine aspects of daily life that are easy to miss, the unfamiliar
and the illogical, in the everyday. As Groninga says of her work, "I like
to think of it as finding artifacts and planting clues, preserving perspective
for future readers." Click here
to view a video adaptation of the poem “Looking Down the Barrel of a Flute.”
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Kimberly Groninga makes a splendid debut in her new chapbook
of poetry Other Things that Grow. In this work, we learn to perceive the
world with a more care and with a more precise lens. Groninga views common
objects—the barrel of a flute—common experiences—falling asleep—and common
places--a tree in her backyard--with unusual detail and insight. Groninga
approaches her world from the angle of a fine sculptor to reveal the true
essence of what we take for granted in the environment around us.
—Mary Swander, Poet Laureate of Iowa and author of The
Girls on the Roof
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Other Things that Grow by Kimberly Groninga
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Other Things that Grow by Kimberly Groninga
2010, 32 pages, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2, saddle stitch, $7.95
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