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In CONVERGENCE, the author offers the reader a chance to experience the often-profound juxtaposition of love and loss, pain and recovery through the lens of nature’s radiant light. Shadows are cast in search of the regenerative forces of the will to keep on going. Ultan writes, Spread wide/ to unknown places/ plant your sacred seeds/ in generative emerald groves.The author chooses a musical rhythm and lyrical form to chronicle her journey, which starts in the quiet place of grief, losing a spouse, and continues to map a life of childhood experiences, travels, heritage, and traditions, awakening to love and mythological references; culminating in a cadence of spiritual reflections. Each poem in Convergence summons us to come, singing, with an observation and exploration of emotional, sensual, and reflective thinking. No doubt, it is in search of meaning prompted by an uncanny, and ordinary wish to transcend toward the sublime.
Cover art by Harriet Bart, used with permission.
Cover design by Denise Weaver Ross
Editors: Jules Nyquist and John Roche
What others are saying about Convergence:
Ultan is a dream catcher and a firekeeper, for these are poems of healing, celebration, and songs of the soul. We are summoned and grateful to continue to listen to her many words, offered in her many hues.
—Diane Jarvenpa, author of Shy Lands, The Way She Told Her Story, and lyricist/musician for Wild Gardens
Roslye Ultan’s poetry resonates with timeless wisdom, caring deeply about the world in which we live. Vulnerable, sensual, and fleeting. The solitary voice of a poet reminding us all of the power beneath the wings of a butterfly.
—Larry Long, troubadour and Smithsonian Folkways recording artist
This is a sumptuous, and often ecstatic, debut collection that gathers a rich array of poems. Roslye Ultan offers a sense of a life interwoven with art, history, mythologies, and the natural world. Her Jewish heritage has a deep influence on what she writes, as do music, travel, and the love and loss of a beloved. Whether lamenting or joyful, Ultan’s poems give readers rich allusions to other places, people, and times. I borrow words from her poem, Wilderness Pioneers, when I say her voice brims with “an endless surge of wonder.”
—Margaret Hasse, author of Belongings: new and selected poems
Roslye Ultans's Convergence is one of those deceptive collections of poetry that upon first reading does not reveal its complexity. That comes later, in the second or third reading, when you sit quietly with the language. Take this as an example: "I told you / you made me laugh / and made me cry—and remember / how it feels to love." Simple, direct, work that moves through loss and longing, discovery and appreciation with a sureness that makes you appreciate the careful construction of both poems and sequence from the opening Summons to the final Convergence.
—Loren Niemi, storyteller and author of Circus Rex and What Haunts Us
PREORDER - SPECIAL SALE PRICE. WILL SHIP MID-NOVEMBER 2025.
In CONVERGENCE, the author offers the reader a chance to experience the often-profound juxtaposition of love and loss, pain and recovery through the lens of nature’s radiant light. Shadows are cast in search of the regenerative forces of the will to keep on going. Ultan writes, Spread wide/ to unknown places/ plant your sacred seeds/ in generative emerald groves.The author chooses a musical rhythm and lyrical form to chronicle her journey, which starts in the quiet place of grief, losing a spouse, and continues to map a life of childhood experiences, travels, heritage, and traditions, awakening to love and mythological references; culminating in a cadence of spiritual reflections. Each poem in Convergence summons us to come, singing, with an observation and exploration of emotional, sensual, and reflective thinking. No doubt, it is in search of meaning prompted by an uncanny, and ordinary wish to transcend toward the sublime.
Cover art by Harriet Bart, used with permission.
Cover design by Denise Weaver Ross
Editors: Jules Nyquist and John Roche
What others are saying about Convergence:
Ultan is a dream catcher and a firekeeper, for these are poems of healing, celebration, and songs of the soul. We are summoned and grateful to continue to listen to her many words, offered in her many hues.
—Diane Jarvenpa, author of Shy Lands, The Way She Told Her Story, and lyricist/musician for Wild Gardens
Roslye Ultan’s poetry resonates with timeless wisdom, caring deeply about the world in which we live. Vulnerable, sensual, and fleeting. The solitary voice of a poet reminding us all of the power beneath the wings of a butterfly.
—Larry Long, troubadour and Smithsonian Folkways recording artist
This is a sumptuous, and often ecstatic, debut collection that gathers a rich array of poems. Roslye Ultan offers a sense of a life interwoven with art, history, mythologies, and the natural world. Her Jewish heritage has a deep influence on what she writes, as do music, travel, and the love and loss of a beloved. Whether lamenting or joyful, Ultan’s poems give readers rich allusions to other places, people, and times. I borrow words from her poem, Wilderness Pioneers, when I say her voice brims with “an endless surge of wonder.”
—Margaret Hasse, author of Belongings: new and selected poems
Roslye Ultans's Convergence is one of those deceptive collections of poetry that upon first reading does not reveal its complexity. That comes later, in the second or third reading, when you sit quietly with the language. Take this as an example: "I told you / you made me laugh / and made me cry—and remember / how it feels to love." Simple, direct, work that moves through loss and longing, discovery and appreciation with a sureness that makes you appreciate the careful construction of both poems and sequence from the opening Summons to the final Convergence.
—Loren Niemi, storyteller and author of Circus Rex and What Haunts Us
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