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“It’s good to read poems that care about the world…” -Danusha Lameris
My 2026 book reflects on the quote by EB White, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. It makes it hard to plan the day.” It weaves together the search for equanimity of the spirit with the struggle for justice.
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Winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize
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“…nothing less than a map of how to navigate our days with honesty, grace, and a deep mindfulness…” - James Crews
To Drink from a Wider Bowl is an exploration through poetry of every stage of life. In my first full-length poetry book, I drew from journals I kept throughout my life to express feelings, questions, reflections and discoveries of a child, an adolescent, a woman, teacher, activist for peace and justice, mother, grandmother, and always observer of the world around me.
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““Joanne Durham brings the personal and the intimate to her keen observational poems of the natural world.”
- Georgia Heard
In 24 poems, On Shifting Shoals explores life in a southern beach town - the beauty and sense of renewal of the ocean, environmental concerns in a time of climate change, and the sometimes humorous, sometimes uneasy relationships among the people who live there.
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