Sonia Gernes is professor emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of A Breeze Called the Fremantle Doctor: Poems/Tales (Notre Dame Press, 1997).

"What You Hear in the Dark is one of those rare, loving, heartbreaking books that has come together as all the necessary parts of a life come together, in order to help us connect anew. I am grateful for Sonia Gernes' generosity." —Gary Gildner, author of Somewhere Geese Are Flying"This collection of poems by Sonia Gernes develops a striking voice and powerful drive, displays astonishing branchings of the imagination and manifests the proper double vision of the poet: an outer eye for the personal and immediate and an inner for the most closely-held truths of the community." —John Engels, author of Recounting the Seasons"What You Hear in the Dark is a masterful collection of songs, of singing words, of pictures, of ideas, of poetry. It will lead you to wondrous places." —Midwest Book Review"Gernes' love of language is evident in every poem in this collection, including powerful narrative poems from A Breeze Called the Freemantle Doctor (1997) and insightful meditative lyrics on aging and poignant memory-driven poems from other earlier, now out-of-print collections. This volume begins, however, with 25 new poems that display Gernes' best poetic gifts: thoughtful economy of words, measured reflections, lyrically fluid language, and gently pulsing rhythms. Several of the more heartrending current poems tackle a mother's Alzheimer's, a father's death, and a newfound voice of loneliness that cries but also sings of 'the force that propels / even the lonely soul / to seek and gain the sky.' Gernes is a highly accessible and engaging poet who will surely appeal to many types of reader." —Booklist

Sonia Gernes is professor emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of A Breeze Called the Fremantle Doctor: Poems/Tales (Notre Dame Press, 1997).

"What You Hear in the Dark is one of those rare, loving, heartbreaking books that has come together as all the necessary parts of a life come together, in order to help us connect anew. I am grateful for Sonia Gernes' generosity." —Gary Gildner, author of Somewhere Geese Are Flying"This collection of poems by Sonia Gernes develops a striking voice and powerful drive, displays astonishing branchings of the imagination and manifests the proper double vision of the poet: an outer eye for the personal and immediate and an inner for the most closely-held truths of the community." —John Engels, author of Recounting the Seasons"What You Hear in the Dark is a masterful collection of songs, of singing words, of pictures, of ideas, of poetry. It will lead you to wondrous places." —Midwest Book Review"Gernes' love of language is evident in every poem in this collection, including powerful narrative poems from A Breeze Called the Freemantle Doctor (1997) and insightful meditative lyrics on aging and poignant memory-driven poems from other earlier, now out-of-print collections. This volume begins, however, with 25 new poems that display Gernes' best poetic gifts: thoughtful economy of words, measured reflections, lyrically fluid language, and gently pulsing rhythms. Several of the more heartrending current poems tackle a mother's Alzheimer's, a father's death, and a newfound voice of loneliness that cries but also sings of 'the force that propels / even the lonely soul / to seek and gain the sky.' Gernes is a highly accessible and engaging poet who will surely appeal to many types of reader." —Booklist

Sonia Gernes is professor emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of A Breeze Called the Fremantle Doctor: Poems/Tales (Notre Dame Press, 1997).

"What You Hear in the Dark is one of those rare, loving, heartbreaking books that has come together as all the necessary parts of a life come together, in order to help us connect anew. I am grateful for Sonia Gernes' generosity." —Gary Gildner, author of Somewhere Geese Are Flying"This collection of poems by Sonia Gernes develops a striking voice and powerful drive, displays astonishing branchings of the imagination and manifests the proper double vision of the poet: an outer eye for the personal and immediate and an inner for the most closely-held truths of the community." —John Engels, author of Recounting the Seasons"What You Hear in the Dark is a masterful collection of songs, of singing words, of pictures, of ideas, of poetry. It will lead you to wondrous places." —Midwest Book Review"Gernes' love of language is evident in every poem in this collection, including powerful narrative poems from A Breeze Called the Freemantle Doctor (1997) and insightful meditative lyrics on aging and poignant memory-driven poems from other earlier, now out-of-print collections. This volume begins, however, with 25 new poems that display Gernes' best poetic gifts: thoughtful economy of words, measured reflections, lyrically fluid language, and gently pulsing rhythms. Several of the more heartrending current poems tackle a mother's Alzheimer's, a father's death, and a newfound voice of loneliness that cries but also sings of 'the force that propels / even the lonely soul / to seek and gain the sky.' Gernes is a highly accessible and engaging poet who will surely appeal to many types of reader." —Booklist