My review of Carolyne Van Der Meer‘s chapbook, Birdology (#cactuspress, 2025) is in now available in print from Room Magazine, 49.2, the Science issue.
“These sensuous poems brim with specificity; their images linger, engage the reader, and create empathy, as in ‘Birdology II’ where we experience the fullness of our choices . . . .” Her mother needs a care home, “a place of antiseptic loneliness.”
“Van Der Meer’s insight, passion, assurance, and skill are evident in this small, focused collection. We can learn from the sparrows. Van Der Meer shows us the way.”
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Kathryn MacDonald 