On the Edge

By Susan A. Katz

Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it, and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stories of others, and in the vast and ethereal landscape of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language. On the Edge captures, with intensely personal poems, the human experience and examines the ways in which we are all connected through our shared humanity.

Her poems have been called “meditative and lyrical… exhibiting a strong sense of wistfulness and loss,” by poet Colette Inez, and “terribly powerful… oddly strong… wonderful,” by poet Dan Masterson.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Aug 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781398418905

Susan A. Katz

Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Her poems have been called, meditative and lyrical…exhibiting a strong sense of wistfulness and loss, by poet Colette Inez, and terribly powerful…oddly strong…wonderful, by poet Dan Masterson. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stories of others, and in the vast and ethereal landscape of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language.

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About the Author

Susan A. Katz has had a love affair with poetry since the age of six. She has read it, written it, even dreamed it and it has shaped her life and her view of the world, and of herself. Her poems have been called, meditative and lyrical…exhibiting a strong sense of wistfulness and loss, by poet Colette Inez, and terribly powerful…oddly strong…wonderful, by poet Dan Masterson. Susan finds inspiration for her poems in the everyday business of living, of family joys and sorrows, in the stories of others, and in the vast and ethereal landscape of the natural world. Her poems reveal her intense passion for the living quality of language.

Dedication

On the Edge is for my father, Edward Maurice Arons, who never lived to see me fulfil my dream of becoming a poet. But, sitting by his knee at the age of six, listening to him play the mandolin and sing, On the Road to Mandalay, by Rudyard Kipling, was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with poetry. Each poem, Father, in some way, reflects my love for you and my gratitude.

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Susan A. Katz 2023

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Acknowledgement

I wish to acknowledge the patience and perseverance of my husband, Don and thank him for his encouragement and belief in me. It is all, always, all because of you.

The Perfect Line

I

I fall

into failure

the shadow

of success the fall

for all I know

may well be

glorious numberless

days of planning

trying caring jettisoned

off some steep cliff I climbed

obligatory razor-sharp edges

frozen in space stalls

backward slides and now

I fall

comply with the climate

of defeat and meet it

with a smile

II

perhaps the wings of angels

or butterflies

transcend the commonplace

rising on winds

of holy air

in the consummate form

of perfect

perhaps a sunrise unsettled

your senses

a setting sun

set the world ablaze

with wonder

a snowflake landing in your hand

gave you pause to contemplate

the manipulations

of an infinite spirit

as