A Woman Milking.A Woman Milking Marcia Slatkin Word Press PO Box 541106, Cincinnati, OH 45254-1106 1933456493, $17.00 www.word-press.com Crisp, articulate, deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. woven and engagingly presented, Marcia Slatkin's poetry reflects the conditions of hard physical labor, deep connections to animals, and intimate appreciation with respect to the rhythms of life. "A Woman Milking" is an enthusiastically recommended compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of her distinctive verse that will aptly serve to introduce and document her very special talent as a word smith capable of reaching into the minds and hearts. 'Mated': She comes home drenched/and reeking reek v. reeked, reek·ing, reeks v.intr. 1. To smoke, steam, or fume. 2. To be pervaded by something unpleasant: "This document ... of buck./tossing her head, she stalks/toward feed like a queen.//The other does gather and cling cling intr.v. clung , cling·ing, clings 1. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining: ,/nuzzling his smell, grunting/the gossip of hunger//as up she springs,/leaping rocks like sunrise,/beaming. |
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