Switchgrass

Marie Kane's fourth book of poetry, Switchgrass, is certainly about her and her husband's physical disabilities, but it is much more. It's about their shared journey powered by courage and hope. While carefully observing the life cycle of wild, year-round switchgrass, Kane allows us to witness this couple's vulnerabilities, pain, and challenges. These she expertly weaves together with their love for each other and their strong marriage into something as enduring as switchgrass, whose "Deep roots subdue flood, / control washout / survive the inevitable."