"...a must-read for any woman who has lived and loved. Her voice will sound as familiar as your own with its yearnings, triumphs, regrets and humor—a voice that speaks from the “inside out” about a woman’s life today."—Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of Poor Richard's Women and Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father
PASSION & PROVOCATION—Selected Poems by Judith Partelow is now available for readers everywhere! Recently released by Atmosphere Press, this noteworthy collection of Judith Partelow's poetry includes selections from her previous two chapbooks, plus many new poems. The book is available for purchase on Amazon and at numerous other locations.
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Passion & Provocation is an invitation to explore the many colors of Judith Partelow’s poetry; a tapestry of threads woven through tender longings and joyful celebrations of love, friendships, marriages, family bonds, the soul, and other themes of a life well lived. Critics have raved!
“It is rare indeed that I find a poetry collection so relevant to life with emotions that are captured with such passion and clarity. This is a treasury of life experiences. Here are poems for the people, written from the heart, reflections of deep sorrow and joy engraved in one’s soul. As one reads through this, it recalls pivotal times in one’s own experience. It covers the spectrum of a lifetime – from the beginnings, through first love, motherhood, family, loss, longings, the spark of renewed love; through the fear and vulnerability of losing oneself to another, rebuilding love and recognizing spiritual bonds. These vignettes, a distillation of passion and pain, trigger one’s own experiences from the well of the subconscious. Judith Partelow speaks from the heart and shines a light into the soul. She captures the fragility of life. She conveys complex emotional experiences with clarity and makes poetry accessible even to the uninitiated. This collection is truly a treasure."—Lily Poritz Miller, Editor at The Macmillan Company and McGraw-Hill, and senior editor at McClelland and Stewart for eighteen years.
"...they (Judith Partelow's poems) are very powerful and enormously intimate in that strange way when something the author feels is also felt by the reader. I felt a punch to the gut a couple of times when I had a wince of recognition - 'this very thing has happened to me!' I find in these poems a lot of strength but also a lot of vulnerability, with flashes of humor and moments of compassion."—Bill Falcetano
“With this collection of selected poems, Partelow has taken the threads of woman’s existence and woven them into a vivid tapestry of a life richly lived, poetry that is poignant and passionate, revealing and brave."—Anne LeClaire, author of Listening Below the Noise, The Halo Effect, and Entering Normal
"Passion & Provocation is a rich compilation of poems about the many phases of womanhood. Partelow uses musical language that sings her emotion: “Tropical ma-an/pulsates to a calypso beat.” In a tender moment, the author ponders the life of a mother: “an endless tune/we dance to all our lives.” She chronicles past relationships, old loves and new, while drawing the reader in with sensual images that celebrate her children and her own younger self. These are poems to savor for their astonishing beauty and contemplative vision."—Robin Smith-Johnson, Author, Dream of the Antique Dealer’s Daughter and Gale Warnings