Poetry. "Kirsten Dierking's poems often focus on the small things, the unnoticed natural world around her, 'the unknowable swimmers' in the water beneath the canoe, or the realization of the 'glorious spirit' inside a wild flower. It is this seeing that gives her poems their joy. But it is the unflinching realization that 'you love things that can't help leaving' and that, 'you can't stop / yourself becoming / all the white, / expressionless snow' that gives the poems their strength."—Louis Jenkins

Author Hometown: Minniapolis, MN USA



About the author: Kirsten Dierking (born 1962) is an American poet from Minnesota. Common topics in her poetry include the healing aspects of nature, and feminist themes, with particular emphasis on the aftermath and recovery from sexual assault. Her books include NORTHERN ORACLE (Spout Press, 2007) and ONE RED EYE (Holy Cow! Press, 2001).

Reviews:
author site
interview by Eric M. Hanson @ the Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The Ordinary" @ The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor