Take Care

My newest poetry collection is out from Moon Tide Press!

You can order a copy, here, on Amazon.

You can leave a review, here, on GoodReads.

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Cover Art by Aron Wiesenfeld

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A poem from Take Care:

Matches

next time you light one

watch how it reflects

opportunity

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One description of Take Care:

“Take Care is a minimalist collection of poems centered on caregiving in its many forms. Mental health issues, caregiver burnout, and related themes come into focus, at times, in these fraught poems, as does the desire to please, a kind of nursing, and the situational struggles that can result. Considerations are given to the genetic and environmental factors that complicate the caregiving experience.”

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Blurbs:

“For years now, Mark Danowsky has been a keen editor and gatherer of wondrous poems in his online journal, ONE ART. In Take Care, he proves his mettle as a poet who drills deeply into each moment with an economy of language, reminding us that the small things are what matter the most—whether it’s the scent that lingers on someone’s hands “after arranging tomatoes,” or the “petal angels” of magnolia blossoms scattered on the ground.”

— James Crews, author of Unlocking the Heart: Writing for Mindfulness, Creativity, & Self-Compassion

“When I was a child, I had a habit of rolling cat’s eye marbles between my palms enjoying the way they caught the light as well as the comforting touch. I think of this now while reading Take Care, a work of prismatic beauty. These are poems written into the mystery of being human, with more questions than answers, poems brief enough to be placed in memory’s pocket, to be pulled out and rolled around the tongue, as needed.”

— Donna Hilbert, author of Enormous Blue Umbrella

“The speaker of Mark Danowsky’s playful poems notices “that scent/ on your hands after/ arranging tomatoes.” He wonders “if monks suffer/ from depression.” He notices animals: a lowland gorilla, crows, and elephants “who rampage, who trample.” In Take Care, Danowsky brings us delicate poems full of wit and unexpected revelations, poems which surprise and delight.”

— Faith Shearin, author of Lost Language

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“I get a sense of deep loneliness and longing from this collection. There's a lot left unsaid, but a lot of the unsaid feels like pure yearning for human connection— not something trite or everyday, but something more profound and holistic in its meaning.”

— Louisa Schnaithmann, author of Plague Love

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I hope you will consider ordering a copy.

If you’d like a signed copy, there will be a slight delay; however, I’ll be happy to sign one for you and send it your way.

I’d love to hear feedback from readers.