Bird, Making No Sound

Collected poems by Carol L. MacKay. [from the back cover] The poems in Bird, Making No Sound were written over the past three decades in BC and Alberta, and in the case of one poem, on a plane over the Atlantic. They are the accumulation of moments, real and imagined, of things said and words almost uttered, and of the many ways time may be marked or reconstructed to move us forward. From a review by Vanessa Shields, The Ontario Poetry Society Magazine, Verse Afire (June 2024): "In MacKay’s self-published poetry collection Bird, Making No Sound, we are met with a plethora of vivid imagery, sensory language, and wordplay. MacKay’s poetic voice is steeped in folklore, mythology, especially Norse, inviting the reader into exciting worlds that add layers to the storytelling elements of the poetry. There’s a steady whisper of earthiness, a head-turning-what’s-behind-me kind of attention to the layers of living through a feminine power-voice that also permeates the collection. It is not foreboding or haunting, but rather a soft nudge that adds a crucial fluidity to the work. MacKay is an excellent poet, consistently gifting readers with her talent for descriptive language." FINALIST - 2024 Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards (BC, Canada)