by Donna G. Humphrey, Joan Humphrey Lefko, and Judith Humphrey Smith
Donna Glenn Humphrey recorded her life in raw but lyrical poetry, beginning as a young mother during the 1940s and continuing to the time of her tragic death in 2005. After her funeral, her children found her poems in boxes, folders, and drawers of the desk that symbolized her respect for the written word. Humphrey’s poems evoke an era of early 20th century rural life — unromantic, often cruel — its harshness tempered by the wonder of the natural world, the communion of family, and the yearning we know as God.
Humphrey’s poems are written in a plain, lyrical style. They tell stories, evoking a woman’s life in a place and time that was hard for everyone, especially sensitive, ambitious women. —Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Donna Humphrey is one of those poets who, though lost in the crevices, keeps poetry (and the language) alive by writing with clarity and feeling. It is right and well that this book should see the light of day. —Robert Burleigh, Author
by Donna G. Humphrey, Joan Humphrey Lefko, and Judith Humphrey Smith
Donna Glenn Humphrey recorded her life in raw but lyrical poetry, beginning as a young mother during the 1940s and continuing to the time of her tragic death in 2005. After her funeral, her children found her poems in boxes, folders, and drawers of the desk that symbolized her respect for the written word. Humphrey’s poems evoke an era of early 20th century rural life — unromantic, often cruel — its harshness tempered by the wonder of the natural world, the communion of family, and the yearning we know as God.
Humphrey’s poems are written in a plain, lyrical style. They tell stories, evoking a woman’s life in a place and time that was hard for everyone, especially sensitive, ambitious women. —Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Donna Humphrey is one of those poets who, though lost in the crevices, keeps poetry (and the language) alive by writing with clarity and feeling. It is right and well that this book should see the light of day. —Robert Burleigh, Author
