Poetry

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"Brighter Tomorrows! . . . . Shadows behind and brightness ahead Soon the light obscures all shadowy remnants." Mary Anne Miceli's exploration of the commonplace, seeking to illuminate the poetic elements thereof, sets no simple task for herself, despite the bread-and-butter quality of much of her subject matters --faith, today's ironies of living, being bound up with the Irishness and wildness of the Western world of that historic nation. Actually, she is best when her perception proceed narratively beyond the commonplace, in such poems as "Stone Walls of Ireland," where she makes better philosophic sense of their signifi cance than say, Frost, in his laconic, slightly Yankee prickley poems of "something there is that doesn't like a wall." She is at best when she illuminates her west of Ireland poetry as she does with her cuts of original photography, and when she shines on the light of her obvious passion for the subject. Neil Bradford Olson NEW ENGLAND POET I would like to take this opportunity to express great interest in the book POETRY: REFLECTING ON THE CLOUDS by Mary Anne Miceli. My NAME IS Joey Stricklen of of Peabody Ma, and may be reached at Joey.Stricklen@comcast.net. This collection of Poems has given me a spiritual lift from a hard time I am going through at the present. I believe hope is the best description I felt after multiple readings . Joey Stricklen Peabody Ma