Aubade
“the sway of her sweetness— / cassia and camel’s thorn—allow her root and labor—provident / place of first fruit—”
In her first book, Godwit, Eva traced the migration patterns of a bird, collected wildflowers for semblances and rooted around in the testimony of women mystics. Two chapbooks, Notes for Survival in the Wilderness and The Winter Keeper were published by Chapiteau Press. Her poems have been published in journals such as Agni, Notre Dame Review, Salmagundi, and Terrain. Eva’s poetry has been deeply affected by summers spent on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. She is Professor of English Emerita and Writer-in-Residence at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.
“the sway of her sweetness— / cassia and camel’s thorn—allow her root and labor—provident / place of first fruit—”