Walking on Water: Poems
Using the metaphor of drought and the redemptive, healing quality of the natural world, Julie A. Levin takes us on a journey of self exploration that is both poignant and at times, very funny. Her poems are filled with artfully constructed ear-candy, while remaining accessible. Levin courageously shares the vulnerability of growing up in a difficult family, capturing the experience of gen-x moving into midlife. If you are on a journey of healing and you find solace and connection in writing, you will love this book.
"I was listing my favorites [poems] from the book, and realized I was naming almost every one."
- Robyn L. Posin, author
Go Only As Fast as Your Slowest Part Feels Safe to Go
From the book
Dusk
From the window frame I watch
as dusk, like an overture, overtakes the yard.
The horizon blushes as the sun slips
the last fingers of light
beneath her hem.
One by one, the feral cats climb
the back door steps and eat what our cat leaves
behind. Soon the raccoon will make breakfast
of what they’ve left. The possum will come too
to clean the crumbs.
God pulls night taut across the sky;
pokes a thumbnail through the tarp;
drops in a hook to reel in the tides.
One by one, then many, the stars
begin to promenade.
The stars, the moon, the cats, the raccoon -
daily communion
in the holy church
of the sacred
backyard.