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Praise for Credo
“Credo is an intimate and beautiful collection drawn from one man’s life. But it goes far beyond that to show us the commonality of our lives, rooted in rich physicality, growing in failure and humility and the heart breaking open. Through vivid language and well-chosen images, these poems bring us closer together.”
—Ellen Bass, Like a Beggar
“These are the poems of idea
and story, dense with the images of daily life, its tattoos and churches, its
children and rain. They follow the pattern of a man’s recovery, his laughter
and grief, his landscape and hope, his nostalgia and desire.”
—Joseph Millar, Kingdom
Praise for Golden Fish / Dark Pond
"Steve McDonald’s new collection, Golden Fish / Dark Pond, is a stunning and deeply moving sequence of meditations. Here is a poet who creates—even as he reflects upon—the metaphysics of passage that we each seek, perhaps most often while we move through despair toward some iridescence of faith." --David St. John, The Auroras
In these poems, Steve McDonald gives the reader a keen-eyed observation of dread and hope as they exist side-by-side. His skill at braiding faith—in its multiple variations—with the everyday experiences of life results in a “quick breath” that you’ll hold until you complete this mesmerizing collection. --Lynne Thompson, Start with a Small Guitar
Praise for House of Mirrors
"I'm drawn to the poems of Steve McDonald, the way they move so easily from the sacred to the profane and back again. Their language is both lyrical and specific. Their subject is the human heart."--Joseph Millar, Blue Rust