The Kingfisher

"Moving on or going back to where you came from"

Influential books:

The Kingfisher by Amy Clampitt

Years ago, sitting in an ICU waiting room at Emory University Hospital, reading Amy Clampitt in a magazine changed the trajectory of my writing life, gave me clarity.

“Moving on or going back to where you came from,

bad news is what you mainly travel with:

a breakup or a breakdown, someone running off

or walking out, called up or called home:

death in the family.”