Close at Hand: Poetry of the American West: Northwest Chapters
Mary Lou Sanelli
“Still, in a way, nobody sees a flower, really, it is so small, we
haven’t time, like to 
have a friend takes time.”
Georgia O’Keeffe said it and she took time to look closely at things, seeing and painting close-ups like no one else. Mary Lou Sanelli writes like O’Keeffe painted—close to the heart of things, close at hand.
In this collection of poetry Sanelli writes about friendships, about journeys, and about moving on.
Sanelli has earned a solid reputation in the poetry community through a steady commitment to the writing and study of poetry and through twenty years of successful public readings. She is the author of two previous collections.
“Real voices enliven these poems, and surprise us, too, with their
unexpected turns of dialogue and wit. There is respect for the surfaces of
the world as well as a willingness to dive deeper. Mary Lou Sanelli’s
playful, compassionate, and, at times wonderfully gritty sense of relationship
permeates this collection. It’s a pleasure.”
•• Christianne
Balk, Walt Whitman Award Winner, Bindweed
• 0-931271-47-9 • trade paper • 6 x 9 inches • full-color
jacket • 72 pp • $12.95
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