Spirit

Spirit is a poetry of transitions - of seasons, of awakening, of acceptance - which treats the phenomena of nature, sound, the city. It is an intimate portrait of the poet, how she lives each day, the things she wears, how she sees her world. It traces a growing awareness, encompassing her whole life. Sophia Marshall is a perceptual poet, characterized by her treatment of the senses. She has been compared to e.e. cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson, and Sappho. She is a credentialed journalist and music critic, as well as a poet, with credits in several jazz journals and other music publications, and she has published letters on politics in The Boston Phoenix. She has a blog, The Flash Boston (theflashboston.com), covering Boston music and culture. She is a transgender woman. She lives in Boston.