Jean Valentine
This is a work of spiritual intelligence, rueful, loving, ecstatic, an everyman sings here of God, lover, nature, all one.


Li-Young Lee
A voice from a walled garden, the end product of a long and rigorous alchemy.


Jane Mead
These poems negotiate the boundaries between our minds and our bodies, between the many singers and the single singed heart.


Book Description
Sharp Golden Thorn shimmers with ecstatic, bittersweet moments of illumination that follow the imagination's passionate engagement of the world. These poems wed ecstasy with anguish in lyrical narratives that are remarkable for their searing imagery, emotional power, and verbal clarity.


About the Author
Chard deNiord is the author of Asleep in the Fire. He is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Providence College and directs the New England College MFA Program in poetry. He lives in Vermont.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Sharp Golden Thorn shimmers with ecstatic, bittersweet moments of illumination that follow the imagination's passionate engagement of the world. These poems wed ecstasy with anguish in lyrical narratives that are remarkable for their searing imagery, emotional power, and verbal clarity.

"This is a work of spiritual intelligence, rueful, loving, ecstatic, an everyman sings here of God, lover, nature, all one and shapeshifting."

- Jean Valentine

"A voice from a walled garden, the end product of a long and rigorous alchemy.'"

- Li-Young Lee

"These poems truly negotiate the boundaries between our minds and our bodies, between the many singers and the single singed heart. This is a remarkable book."

- Jane Mead

"Sharp Golden Thorn is filled with poems that are new, surprising and informed of heart and the soul's poetry."