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House of Muscle & Bone A book of poems by M. Anne Sweet quakes with impassioned fiery language: vivid sound and never-conceived-before metaphors. House of Muscle & Bone pays homage to people, nature, and monuments of time. Images of life and death merge, descend, transcend. She asks you to hitch a ride with her through worldly lands and the underground terror of history alongside the love of art and music. Musicality and sexuality zing, bang, thump, meld her poetry via enjambed line breaks of lyrical songs. Women in all her forms - mother of child, mother of earth, mother of daughter - plead, cry, wail, and cajole. Iconic memories and Yoruba spirits are scattered like bones left onshore - Jackie Kennedy's pink pillbox hat, the Statue of Liberty, the divine manifestations of orishas. At the end of Sweet's litany of lamentations, we are left with a combined blessing of OM + AMEN - a derivative plead for freedom, the end of hunger, the obliteration of hatred, a healed community, a compassionate humanity, a saved world. -Geri Gale (she/her), multi-hyphenate artist (poet, novelist, memoirist, illustrator, narratress)

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M. Anne Sweet is a poet and artist who has performed and exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest. As a poet, she has performed individually, as well as with The Seattle Five Plus One, Project Z, and the Daughters of Dementia. Literary credits include a previous book-length poetry collection, Nailed to the Sky (Gazoobi Tales), as well as three graphic poems in the genre of graphic novels. She is a past winner of the Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Competition, as well as having numerous works in print and online. She maintains a working studio in the Georgetown area of Seattle, Washington, where her visual art pieces frequently combine her art and poetry. She is the recipient of several visual art and purchase awards. She is currently learning to play upright acoustic bass and electric bass. M. Anne Sweet is a poet and artist who has performed and exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest. As a poet, she has performed individually, as well as with The Seattle Five Plus One, Project Z, and the Daughters of Dementia. Literary credits include a previous book-length poetry collection, Nailed to the Sky (Gazoobi Tales), as well as three graphic poems in the genre of graphic novels. She is a past winner of the Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Competition, as well as having numerous works in print and online. She maintains a working studio in the Georgetown area of Seattle, Washington, where her visual art pieces frequently combine her art and poetry. She is the recipient of several visual art and purchase awards. She is currently learning to play upright acoustic bass and electric bass.

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