"Starting strong and with action right up until the end
from the distant past
' Ebeid's poems recognize that no question is answered completely by the first words spoken in response
beginning with the image of the eye
'' - --The American Dog Magazine
Love Lessons: Poems 1973-2023 Author|Katianne Olson "Starting strong and with actionLove Lessons is Mary Ellen Capek's first collection of poems, spanning fifty years, where she describes growing up in the '50s, coming of age in the '60s, first love, sex, marriage, her mother's early death, friendships, divorce, stepchildren, and coming out as a lesbian at age 45. Several poems central to Love Lessons focus on language, paying tribute to Adrienne Rich and other writers struggling to realize Rich's "dream of a common language,"