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Samantha Terrell sees our world with sharper eyes than ours, the more intimate the detail, the more exquisite the revelation...Terrell’s work asks us to look more closely and always provides a deeper meaning when we do.
— Eric Paul Shaffer, Author of Even Further West, RattleSnake Rider, and others
— Eric Paul Shaffer, Author of Even Further West, RattleSnake Rider, and others
In this lovely collection of poems, Samantha Terrell reflects on memory, art, and self-awareness with warmth and clarity. Samantha considers where our stories overlap, exploring inheritance, loss, joy, and the everyday moments that quietly shape us. These poems show that love, laughter, and attention help us endure.
- JC STUDIO Press
- JC STUDIO Press
OTHER BOOKS BY AMERICAN POET SAMANTHA TERRELL
For 25 years, Pushcart and Forward Prize-nominated poet Samantha Terrell has crafted powerful and honest verse. Her new retrospective collection, Felling Trees, brings together her most impactful work, charting her growth as a writer. The book showcases her clear, unflinching vision and emotional honesty, while exploring themes of resilience, justice, and human connection.
- Low Hanging Fruit Publishing
- Low Hanging Fruit Publishing
In Delta Function, Samantha Terrell crafts a poignant, and sharply introspective exploration, with a voice that is both commanding and compassionate, marking her as a distinct voice in contemporary poetry. With an acute sense of place and an eye for detail, Terrell's work navigates the currents of loss, longing, and resilience. The poems in this chapbook pulse with a deep, almost visceral catharsis, making the abstract tangible and the personal profound. This is a masterful collection that resonates with the subtle complexities of the inner world.
- Alien Buddha Press
- Alien Buddha Press
On the Wing offers poems that embrace a lovely stillness, all noise stripped away until you are left with the complex simplicity of undeniable beauty. There is a purity of heart in this collection that embodies the very essence of hope, and through her extraordinary craft, Samantha Terrell delivers a truly sublime poetic experience. These are poems I will return to again and again.
-Susan Richardson, Author of Things My Mother Left Behind
-Susan Richardson, Author of Things My Mother Left Behind
A mirror to many of our emotions, Samantha Terrell’s Dismantling Mountains is a much-needed intervention delivered with compassion and gentleness, and an exploration of what it feels like to observe the world today. Terrell uses innovative and traditional poetic forms to shine a light on social and ecological issues, allowing the reader to become part of conscious change. An internationally published poet with a global perspective, Terrell moves naturally between themes, from writing her own creation myth, to motherhood,
nature, war, and poverty and abundance.
-Vellum Publishing UK
nature, war, and poverty and abundance.
-Vellum Publishing UK