William Carlos Williams states, “memory is a kind / of accomplishment / a sort of renewal,” and Scott Ferry’s most recent chapbook, blood on the map of man, is comprised of poems on the edges of dreams and reality-how memories try to heal the past. Ferry’s journey through memories with his family is one that we cannot, will not forget. These simultaneously lyrical and narrative poems take us through all the emotions of parenthood-from contemplating our own existence, to laughing with a toddler son, to crying silently in the pain of the daughter’s womanhood and asthma. These beautifully constructed “poems which are more like prayers” remind us to appreciate our short lives, the experiences that turn to memories-our “dramas and blood”-which “are starflakes.”
-Liz Marlow, author of the chapbook, They Become Stars, editor of Minyan Magazine
Scott Ferry 