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Susan J. Erickson writes poems that respond to the nature of the Pacific Northwest, the process of loss, the nuances of place, and the irreverent humor of everyday life. Erickson is a serious poet whose poems will delight you with their twisting turns. The Art of Departure, Susan J. Erickson’s first volume of poetry, was recognized as a notable chapbook by newpages.com.

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“This book is beautifully published…. Kudos to Egress Studio Press for doing stunning justice to the words of the talented poet, Susan J. Erickson”

—Kara L.C. Jones
excerpt from kotapress.com review

“Susan J. Erickson’s poems manage the tricky feat of touching what is most serious in our lives without sacrificing wit and playfulness.”

—Suzanne Paola
Bardo
University of Wisconsin Press

"Susan J. Erickson writes with a wild imagination—witty, clever, affirmative—and with a rich feel for the incantatory powers of language and for the delightful strangeness of he things of this world."

—Bruce Beasley
Signs and Abominations
Wesleyan University Press

Delightful Places to Kiss

How delightful to kiss one's lover demurely, behind the ear's fluted fan. Tenderly, on the silk pillow of the upper eyelid where veins flutter like dragonfly wings. Triumphantly, atop the eyebrow's summit. Reverently, at the temple where reverberation can be felt but not heard. Impudently, at the tip of the nose so the eyes cross.

It is refreshing, indeed, to kiss, each in turn, a lover's finger tips. To travel down each tributary into the languid poem of the hand. To rush along the pulsing river of the wrist. To drift into crooked confluence of elbow. To ride the ivory rapids of rib. To drown in the pools of throat, shoulder.

—Susan J. Erickson

32 Pages, Square Spine 5.375" x 6.75" ISBN 0-9725137-1-X $10.00