Crash

By Maggie Mortimer

Crash is a collection of understated poems. More of nuance than telling, it aims to make the reader explore the text. Subjects range from a petrified housewife to a suicidal partner. It is the darker side of a car ride with a stranger. Although you’re belted in and approaching the highway, you can still say your prayers and pay small non-descript bills. A kind of cadence to great poets that have inspired me not only on the page but with the sounds of words and other mysteries. Now you’re hitchhiking. There are but little tests or quizzes, so spread your arms wide, take in the open road and enjoy the ride.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781528980869

Maggie Mortimer

Maggie Mortimer is a mature journalism student. She lives in Toronto Ontario, Canada, surrounded by many possibilities. This is her second book to be published by Austin Macauley Publishers. Her first book, Crash, was a collection of poetry. Both her poetry and prose can be sparsely found online and in literary journals.

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Crash

Maggie Mortimer

Austin Macauley Publishers

Crash

About the Author

Dedication

Copyright Information ©

About the Author

This is Maggie Mortimer’s first poetry book. She is currently working on a collection of short stories and a nonfiction book about homelessness. She has worked as a reviewer for The Globe and Mail and National Post. At present, she is residing in Central Ontario.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the children who love to read.

Copyright Information ©

Maggie Mortimer (2021)

The right of Maggie Mortimer to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

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ISBN 9781528980869 (ePub e-book)

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First Published (2021)

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A sky passes

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It’s May again

She made it

Her cancerous bones

Creek and Crave

Bottled milk

In the night.

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