Years after her death, a poet's life and work speak across the
generations, inspiring new music and more intentional living.
What are the heart's necessities? It's a question Jane Tyson Clement
asked herself over and over, both in her poetry and in the way she
lived. The things that make life worth living she found in joy and
grief, love and longing, and, most importantly, something to believe in.
Her observation of the seasons of the soul and of the natural world have
made her poems beloved to many readers, most recently jazz artist Becca
Stevens. Clement's poetry has gained new life - and a new audience - as
lyrics in the songs of this pioneering musician of another century.
Like many great poets, from Emily Dickinson to Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Jane Tyson Clement (1917-2000) has found more readers since her
death than in her lifetime. A new generation that prizes honesty and
authenticity is finding in Clement - a restless, questing soul with a
life as compelling as her work - a voice that expresses their own
deepest feelings, values, and desires.
In this attractive coffee table collection of new and selected
poems, editor Veery Huleatt complements Clement's poetry with narrative
sketches and scrapbook visuals to weave a biography of this remarkable
woman who took the road less traveled, choosing justice over comfort,
conviction over career, and love over fame.