Quoted: Derek Webster’s Mockingbird

Derek Webster’s debut collection of poetry, Mockingbird, is emotional, powerful, and striking. Observations of the world, from baby cucumbers in a garden to the way water streams down a mountain, accompany larger, tougher questions about life, a failed marriage, and who one is after their partner is no longer their partner.

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Derek Webster’s debut collection of poetry, Mockingbird, is emotional, powerful, and striking. Observations of the world, from baby cucumbers in a garden to the way water streams down a mountain, accompany larger, tougher questions about life, a failed marriage, and who one is after their partner is no longer their partner.

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