In a time when there is no
greater question than the question of environmental survival, Suzanne
Frischkorn's LIT WINDOWPANE reminds us of the necessity of unadorned and
unapologetic praise for the natural world. In language spare and
well-keeled, Frischkorn's poems instill in the reader the kind of
"perfect attentiveness" that the poet Alan Shapiro reminds us is
required for reading and loving. Here, in these wonderful poems, we see
that attentiveness devoted to the frail and meteoric world through a
gaze that is both outward and inward.
--James Hoch
In the poem "Freshwater Notecards" Suzanne Frischkorn writes: "I will
fly/ in like a bird: not looking/ sideways, not looking/ down, not
looking up." The imagination in these poems is like that; avid and
disarming, they take the world head on, seeking beauty. In spare lines,
with rich and lucid images, Suzanne Frischkorn sees the world
transforming and remaking itself before her gaze. I love the elegant,
heartfelt power of these poems.
--Cynthia Huntington