Nightstand – Leafing through a little darkness
by Berdene Owen
Synopsis
Nightstand is that gentle turn toward light as darkness settles in. These poems reach for the world with restless curiosity as they wrest meaning from books piled high on a bedside table. Science, poetry and domestic life weave a conversation that is lively with wordplay even in the face of grief.
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Read Alison Manley’s lovely review of Berdene’s book on the Miramichi Reader website.
Cover illustration by Ali Brew, alibrew.com
Book design by Berdene Owen
Berdene Owen is a graphic designer and co-founder of Spot of Poetry. Her nightstand is a shifting cityscape of book-pile highrises that she reads until she drifts off dreaming. Berdene lives in a bright blue house on Nova Scotia’s South Shore with her husband and two kids. Nightstand is her second chapbook. Website: alivelihood.me