I Will Ask for Birds Author:Kelly Parsons What is perhaps most remarkable in this, Kelly Parsons first collection, is the authenticity of voice, a voice that exudes a largeness of spirit and depth of feeling. Each word, line, and stanza of I Will Ask for Birds seems to reverberate outward in waves of radiant light. Whether writing about an old jacket, her dog, or a lama s visit to the a... more »rt gallery, Parsons exquisite sensibility infuses poem after poem with a quiet luminosity. This is mature work by a deeply spiritual poet who welcomes into her vision all living creatures. Nature, wonder, loss, love, and the struggle to aspire above our base human natures these are the subjects upon which Parsons meditates. Shot through with a fierce beauty and lyricism, each poem in I Will Ask for Birds lands on the page as elegantly as a butterfly, as profoundly as a Zen koan.« less