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Poems for Plovers
“The lens encircles
a bird with a surprising
collar of white
above a grey breast.”
- Myra Schneider.
Edited by Cat Dossett;
published in May 2020.
Contents:
- “Crane Beach” by Blake Campbell
- “West Coast Plover Power” by Elizabeth Kuelbs
- “Bird Song” by Heather Martin
- “Broken Wing Display” by Agnes Marton
- “Piping Plover” by Susan Edwards Richmond
- “Threatened” by Paulette Turco
- “Finder’s Keepers” by Diana Adams
- “Plum Island” by Zachary Bos
Editor's note:
“In bursts of energy, on spindly legs, piping plovers scurry along the beaches of Massachusetts. Tiny, fluffy things, they have migrated to New England from southern states to mate and raise chicks. But they live perilous lives. Busy beaches and strong weather pose dangers to nests, not to mention threats of unleashed pets and wildlife lured by beach trash. Nonetheless, piping plovers represent the success of conservation policies and intervention. Since gaining protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1984, the number of breeding pairs has more than doubled! But the work is far from over. According to the US Fish & Wildlife Service: Northeast Region, efforts must continue to reduce disturbances from human activity and animal predators if we want to maintain and increase plover populations to their levels prior to the twentieth century. The poems on the following pages express gratitude for these efforts, and appreciation for the plovers that populate beaches along the Massachusetts coast and elsewhere.” - CLD
About the editor: Cat Dossett is Chapbooks Editor of Pen & Anvil Press and author of two comics: Laika, on the first dog in space, and Vessel, a confessional tale of watching Adam Driver movies in the bathtub. Her art and writing can be found in publications including Burn, New England Review of Books, and Sobotka Literary Magazine, and on the cover of these four animal chapbooks. She is on Twitter, Medium and Instagram.
Each paid copy sold of these chapbooks will ship with a bonus postcard, featuring original art of the four theme animals (pictured at right).
About our illustrator: Catherine Enwright is a doctoral candidate studying English literature at Boston College, and a 2019-2020 Bookbuilders of Boston scholarship recipient.
Cover titles in Besom and Parker, with interior text set in Minion and Whitney. Published by Hawk & Whippoorwill, an imprint of Pen & Anvil Press. For permissions or bulk ordering, please contact us by email.
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