Today I received this beautiful coffee-table book full of poetry and photographs.
Paumanok Transitions, edited by Kathaleen Donnelly, is tribute to the unique and sublime nature of Long Island. Poems by Long Island native, Walt Whitman, also weave in and out of the pages.
The poem I wrote for the book, The Three Sisters, is a fable-like poem that explores the relationship between the three prominent vegetables grown by the Algonquin who dwelled in the county of Suffolk.
I’m excited to be part of such an artful project — alongside several Long Island Poet Laureates and award-winning photographers.
Oh, the wonder of poetry and art!
O the amazement of things-even the least particle! — Walt Whitman
Mary C. M. Phillips 
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