In Singing in the Dark Times, Margaret
Corvid writes, ‘I’m just a poet, no Cassandra me,’ but what is it to be just a poet? Corvid incorporates the
gifts of many poets who have come before her. There is something of Emily
Dickinson’s deep playfulness in poems such as ‘School’, Robert Frost’s close
appreciation for nature in poems such as, ‘All My Favourite Shows’, and Philip
Larkin’s acerbic wit throughout. Unlike the people of Troy, I hope we are wise
enough to keep listening to Corvid for years to come.
Shaindel Beers, author of Secure Your Own Mask, finalist for
the Oregon Book Award