Birds are the Catalyst in New Eco-poems Linking Words to the Environment

CAPE COD, Mass. - March 13, 2024 - PRLog -- Sea Crow Press is delighted to announce These Hollowed Bones, a new collection of poems from poet Amelia Díaz Ettinger which pays homage to the birds that have given her so much solace.

In These Hollowed Bones, birds are the conduit for conversations of internal emotions and the natural world. This collection ties together the themes of loss, marriage, and ecology, topics that are at once personal and universal. The voices contained within these poems speak of the isolation felt by both avian and human due to migration and loss of habitat, loss of home. Nature and bird lovers will find solace and self-recognition within these pages.

From the Book

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapilla

its daintiness is deceiving

with looks so frail, and yet

they suffer winter storms

in these brutal mountains—a banditry

after a blizzard, they speckle

the blinding snow with dee-dee-dee

a song reminiscent of spring

in the death of frost

maybe that is why I think of her—Emilia

when i see these tiny nearly tame acrobats

foraging in naked branches finding

morsels where i see none

—perhaps

i was late to meet her, her warmth

the way she blanketed

my shoulders in a hug

how she gave me tidbits for decades lost

in this tiny bird's industrious energy, i see

her paused steps among the Mexican streets

she shared with the family she nurtured

as formidable as a chickadee

—my mother

About the Author

Amelia Díaz Ettinger is the author of  four previous books of poetry: Self Dissection (The Poetry Box), Learning to Love a Western Sky (Airlie Press), Speaking at a Time /Hablando a  la Vez (Redbat Press), and Fossils in a Red Flag (Finishing Line Press). In an earlier version of herself, Amelia Díaz Ettinger trained as an ornithologist at Washington State University. Her passion for birds has been a constant in her tumulus wandering life. In this work she pays homage to the feather birds that have given her so much solace.

About the Press
Sea Crow Press is an award-winning woman-run independent book publisher based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts committed to amplifying voices that might otherwise go unheard and pioneering new forms of literature that highlight the environment. Visit us at https://www.seacrowpress.com/

Details
Genre: Poetry
Perfect-bound paperback  5.5 x 8.5
106 pages
Publication Date April 2, 2024
ISBN: 978-1961864009
Distribution: Ingram Book Company or through the press at orders@seacrowpress.com, 45% discount, returns, 50% discount no returns