Books & Recordings by Rachel Dacus
Another Circle of Delight
The new chapbook from Rachel Dacus was releasd by the Select Poets Series at Small Poetry Press and can be ordered from the publisher. Sample poem:Green Heart
After sixty-eight million years, the collagen
in your bones might just begin to ossify
as one dinosaur’s has only now started to do –
ropy and viscous after eons, discovered
on a Montana hillside by an archaeologist
who might not until now have believed in life
after death. Now she sees that she too
might leave behind a body green at heart
in a hardening world. She might have powers
to resist millennia of dessication.
Curiosity, oily and viscous as ecstasy,
might be imperishable, glistening
within the skull’s carapace. She sees
and reels from the possibility of living
through cycles of pole-shift
and continental collision while time itself
might be pliant as a plant, evolving
with a bone’s or a heart’s green fluidity.Femme au chapeau
Rachel Dacus's second poetry collection focuses on women, family and the start of a new millennium in settings as far-flung as Italy, India and Hawaii. Praise for Femme au chapeau:"This is a book to relish for such insights, by a poet clearly up for the ride, and not afraid of the risks." -- Rhina Espaillat
"Rachel Dacus ravels and unravels the rich uncertainties of life. Her poems, strange, but startlingly familiar, seize and hold the reader. -- Ruth Daigon
Earth Lessons
Rachel Dacus's first poetry collection was published in 1998 by Bellowing Ark Press. Reviews:Poet Naomi Shihab Nye called it: "One of the most full-breathed, transfiguring books I have partaken of for a long time."
"Rachel Dacus' main concern in these poems comprises the relationship between woman and nature, addressing finally the nature of spirituality. Her writings are sensitive; her skill of the highest order." -- Jane Morris, Editor, Primeval Press
A God You Can Dance - CD
The CD, released in 2003, was described by one reviewer as: "Carefully-crafted meditations framed by well-chosen music and sound-effects to create a constantly changing aural landscape." Click on the link to listen to sample tracks.Singing in the Pandaleshwar Caves - CD
Released by Alsop Review Press in 2004, the CD contains new readings.Italy - A Love Story
This exuberant anthology in praise of women traveling in Italy contains Rachel Dacus' essay "Venice and the Passion for Nurture."