Martha Deborah Hall goes through the major decades of her life
and transforms singular moments into images and lines that speak
with a voice that is raw, spare, luminous. She holds the mirror of
reflection up to us as we see what we have overlooked as she
expresses her innermost feelings on love, faith, life, artful
living, mortality and self-actualization as daughter, wife, mother,
friend, artist and independent woman. As the years pass, she
chooses to leave behind the messy, burned parts, the
disappointments, the unloved parts, the betrayals, and instead
embraces the strength, hope and joy that brings peace and purpose
to the very essence of the self.
--Diana Lathrop-Bouchard, Rise Member, Rivier College
In her fifth full-length collection, Martha Deborah Hall
explores the gifts and vagaries of aging in a voice that is both
arresting and as clear as a vinegar-scrubbed window through which
she shows us slices of the human condition with poignancy, humor,
and a hard-earned gravitas. An astute observer of contemporary life
- both inside and out - she offers poems that sparkle with fresh
imagery, well-placed turns of phrase, and a deftly-crafted music
that never loses the clean edge of ordinary speech. From her
compelling free verse to her dazzling use of traditional forms, she
asks the vital question of the later stage of life: "As we achieve
our sunset / and head toward silver dust / what will be our
testimony?" - and answers it in kind. A must-read
--Kate Gleason, author of Measuring the Dark (selected by Phillis
Levin as the winner of the First Book Award at Zone 3 Press) and
director of Writers Submit, an editing and literary submitting
service
In Heading Toward Silver Dust, the fifth expose in the life of
Martha Deborah Hall, she travels through middle age and beyond,
staring down the questions we are afraid to ask. Reflecting upon
regrets, angry seas, poignant memories, she resolves to continue
along the uncharted road, pondering, "Whose engine will my leftover
car keys start?" With a zest for life, humorous insight, and
tangled emotions, Hall steers down the path of the human
experience, with tender hands and the grace of a seasoned
poet.
--Jane Gilman, author of Sunset, and Renewal, has accompanied
Hall, on much of her journey, as the co-facilitator of Poets
Unbound.
Cover art: Kathleen Andrews Memorial Bench
photograph by Martha Deborah Hall
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