Will I love Consider?

If you love mystical poetry, you’ll love Susan McCaslin’s glorious new collection, Consider. These poems inspired me to write in the same vein.

They led me into the mystical traditions of many cultures and religions, with poetry as music arising out of the profound silence of a meditation that the poems invoke in the reader. They pay homage to her “luminous companions,” guides, and teachers: Jesus Christ in his more cosmic form and the renowned poet Robin Blaser.

Her beloved magnolia and cedar are taken into deep consideration as she moves from appreciating the natural world through beloved apocryphal… show more.