There aren’t many poets in the workshops I take at the Writers Studio Tucson, sometimes only two or three of us in a class of ten writers. I’ve been fortunate, however, to have been in several workshops with Katie Predick, a poet I highly regard. Her poetry is rich with images and surprises as she explores myth and nature and themes of womanhood and parenthood, relationships, science, and human impact on the environment (she’s also an accomplished scientist.) I learn a great deal from her and her poems, and she has always provided me with kind, helpful, and insightful feedback about my own work. And that’s why I’m so excited to see her poetry published so I can share it with others!

Katie’s poems “The Physics of Loss” and “Leave” were recently published in Adelaide Literary Magazine. As always with her work, these poems are full of image, emotion, and keen observation. I love how in “The Physics of Loss” really gigantic ideas about the physics of time are prompted by and further prompt nostalgia about the persona narrator’s child. I find that Katie’s poems often end with a further, deeply felt observation that lingers in the reader’s mind. “Leave” accumulates various meanings of “leave” and “leaves” while a more personal and heartbreaking story is glimpsed, and it ends with a remarkable and poignant observation about the word. Truly outstanding poetry.