Prisoner of the Swifts

 Sunday, July 12    4:00 P.M.

Yakima poet and publisher Jim Bodeen says of Judith Skillman:

"While so many of today’s poets extol the exploration of predawn and first light, presenting themselves ready at Vigils and finished by Matins, Judy Skillman explores the mysteries of the night time. This in itself makes her interesting, and a compelling reason to come and listen to what she brings back—morning after morning after morning."

  Skillman's poetry has been compared by her reviewers to Emily Dickinson, and David Kirby, in a preface to Skillman's Heat Lightning, writes:  "You will feel fortunate to have spent these hours . . . with a poet who knows every trick in the book yet never lets on that she's doing anything other than saying what's in her heart."

 Be sure to join us at Inklings on Sunday to meet and listen to this talented and special Northwest poet.  You'll be glad you did.