Nature's Grace, review by E.L. Edmonds

     This cross-section of Carolyn Zonailo's many poetic talents succeeds admirably. Zonailo can be lyrical and exquisitely sensuous in one poem, and then caustic, satirical, and downright polemical in the next. Nature for her may have a Wordsworthian gentleness, as in "The View From my Window," or an aura of restless apprehension, as in "The Wild Woman of the Woods." The sequence of pen portraits is shrewd, short, penetrating, nostalgic. The poet's style of presentation is engagingly eye-catching. Consistently she recaptures the short rhythms, the vocabulary, and the tangential asides of everyday conversations. Published in a limited edition of 500 copies, this book is strongly recommended as a collector's piece.

Copyright by E.L. Edmonds: www.carolynzonailo.com, 2004.