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My Place on Earth

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About the Book My Place On Earth is the first book to be published by Bedlam Farm Books, and we couldn’t be prouder. Mary Kellogg has been writing poems since she was eleven years old, and until recently she kept them to herself. Even her oldest and closest friends didn’t know about her poetry. Several years ago, that changed. Mary wrote me a typewritten letter asking if she and some “lady friends” of many years could come and visit Bedlam Farm. “We are a quiet group,” she assured me. This was not true. They were quite outspoken. We became friends. She told me about her poetry, and showed it to me. I was much affected by its clarity, elegance and poignance. I knew I was reading some powerful, and meaningful. Mary has been cranking out poems at a pretty steady pace since then. Her poetry has graced my last three books, and she has come out as a poet, in an outpouring of moving and beautiful work. Her writing is remarkable. Mary’s poems reflect the grace, wisdom and truth-telling that characterize her life. She writes powerfully about her memories, her tragedies, and her boundless hope and faith. Mary came to the farm once morning for a meeting with me and Maria Heinrich, the editor of Bedlam Farm Books. She told us she was quite aware of her place in life, and of the fact that, nearing 80, she didn’t have forever to make up for lost time with her poetry. Her poems, she told us, are about finding “my place on earth.” Maria and I looked at each other, and we knew we had a title, as well as a theme for this collection of Mary’s terrific work.