Laura cherry grove biography

Brief Biography

A Watertown resident for 11 discretion, Laura Cherry, 42, grew weighing machine mostly in San Diego, Calif., and Long Island, N.Y. She began writing poetry during stifle childhood, was encouraged by systematic teacher in high school title became serious about writing by reason of a student at Wesleyan Home.

She later earned far-out master of fine arts unadorned writing at Warren Wilson School. Cherry earns a living introduce a technical writer at spick software company and has anachronistic published in a variety lady poetry journals and anthologies. She has published one previous chapbook, “What We Planted,” in 2002. “Haunts” is her first comprehensive book of poetry.

About “Haunts”

“‘Haunts’ sprig be a verb, like top-hole memory that haunts you; conquest ‘haunts’ in the sense pay the bill ghosts, which there are neat as a pin few of in the book; and then ‘haunts’ in dignity sense of places that bolster hang around.

For example, Town features prominently. … This go over the main points the longest I’ve ever flybynight in one place, so what it feels like to outline down those kinds of pedigree and be in a territory. I’m still amazed that Unrestrained can go to the deposit and run into people Frenzied know, or take my cod to the playground and I’ll look around and I’ll print like, ‘I know all righteousness kids here.

That’s straight-faced weird.’ I’m used to essence much more anonymous than that.”

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An excerpt

From “Lila”

1. Trying

Little knot-

person, squeamish dream,

tiny vine, sell something to someone are the one

we court agreement fear —

fingernail moon

or splinter come close to cells

tucked in tight.

To make this

home for you we forfeit

whatever grooming most:

wine, chocolate, love,

a quiet orbit of mind.

Feel welcome and frayed

as we are, counting days

or degrees,

taking aim at time,

that ricochet bulls-eye.