Stalking Through Tall Grasses

By Marie Scott

About the Book
In the earlier book, you and I danced together on the wind. Wonder, secrets, and delight bring you back. For this second volume of poems, we stand grounded to discover the many directions to stalk with grit, tenderness, and lostness. Feel the sublime beauty of nature, hear voices raised against injustice, revel in a lover’s arms. Together we step into the random flow of life as common as grass.

About the Author
Marie Scott lives and breathes the poetry of life in San Francisco. Stalking Through Tall Grasses follows the success of Dancing on the Wind, her first poetry collection. She has been featured in BookWomen, a publication out of St. Paul, Minnesota, which is a vibrant readers’ community for those who value women’s words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
• Release date: Jun 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9798888128831

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In praise of Scott’s earlier work, Dancing on the Wind

I picked up Dancing on the Wind… I wept for the sheer beauty of intimate insight, remarkable honesty and the richness of being human. Ron Coulter, Dramatist, Playwright, Ventriloquist

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Dancing on the Wind. Was still reading it at 2am. After lunch the next day, we drove to a park overlooking the river. I said to John, Pick a page number. And thus, we read poems to each other. Louise Luton, Author’s sister

The words of Dancing on the Wind are so insightful. They cause me to pause and think. They continue to inspire me. Glenn Ballantyne, Musician, Songwriter

Marie Scott’s poetry drops me into the silence of my depths and lets me connect in the best way with what life truly is. I mainly read a poem at a time, letting it sift through itself, shifting me on my axis. Often I smile or shed a tear or laugh out loud for minutes at a time. If you have yet to read Marie Scott and her poetry, please do. She and her poems will charm you. Karla Boyd, Coach, Writer, Poet

Such abbondanza! Grade Hughes Chappell, Poet, Author of Ten Mile Creek Almanac

You have a magnificent way with words, so that sentences linger on my mind. Tami Schlies, Novelist

An amazing, amazing, amazing book of poems. They touch my heart, they make me sing, they bring me to tears, and into laughter. Marie Scott hears the extraordinary in the ordinary as she writes of common things so thoughtfully, reflectively, colorfully—flowers in her garden, her sisters, her life, her father, the Minnesota woods, the fog, allowing everyday moments to transport us into poetic imaginings. Amba Z. Gale, Poet, Author, Teacher

I just got a copy of Dancing on the Wind. It’s beautiful and two minutes in I was overcome with every emotion possible. That’s what poetry is supposed to do, right? At least that’s what this poetry does for me. Tim Hall, Engineer

Reading Marie Scott’s poems is like speaking with a dear friend. The language of her poems is conversational, direct, simple. That’s where the beauty of the poems in Dancing on the Wind lies, in their sparkling simplicity. Janice Bressler, Attorney

Thank you for your wonderful book of poetry. It is so delightful and funny and melancholy and observant and catching, both sad and hurtful and yet so joyous and even made me laugh out loud. Sharon May, Author’s friend

Dedicated

to the wolf’s howl

and

the lion’s roar

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Stalking through tall grasses

on stealthy cat’s feet

we seek the sparkling lure of life.

Intent, cautious,

alert to beauty, danger, prize,

we carefully pad our soft feet forward

through the