The Tears of Things: Poems by Catherine Hamerick
Back cover for Catherine Hamrick's poetry collection, THE TEARS OF THINGS. It has white text over a blurry blue background. The text is the same as that on the webpage under "Praise for..."
  • The Tears of Things: Poems by Catherine Hamerick
  • Back cover for Catherine Hamrick's poetry collection, THE TEARS OF THINGS. It has white text over a blurry blue background. The text is the same as that on the webpage under "Praise for..."

    • The Tears of Things

    poems by Catherine Hamrick
    ISBN: 978-1-963695-11-3 paperback $19.95
    ISBN: 978-1-963695-12-0 ebook $9.99

    February 18, 2025

    “Whatever life hands me—love, land, or loss—a way to acceptance means embracing earthly cycles, authentic connections to others, and the comforting puzzle of words,” says Catherine Hamrick. Processing depression and the loss of her parents, she explores the therapeutic value of nature and poetry in The Tears of Things. This collection charts her movement through changing relationships, landscapes, and gardens in the Midwest and Deep South. Seamus Heaney’s interpretation of The Aeneid’s famous line sunt lacrimae rerum—“there are tears at the heart of things”—underpins Hamrick’s sensibility. Observing seasonal flourishes and decay reminds us that love, joy, longing, sorrow, and gratitude arise from life’s imperfection and brevity.

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    The Tears of Things: Poems by Catherine Hamrick. The background image is in blurry shades of blue and purple with a single drop of water in crisp focus suspended from a lacy leaf.The Tears of Things

    Poems by Catherine Hamrick
    ISBN: 978-1-963695-11-3 paperback $19.95
    ISBN: 978-1-963695-12-0 ebook $9.99

    February 18, 2025

    If you only have time for a single volume of memorable and emotionally engaging poetry, make it The Tears of Things: Poems by Catherine Hamrick. Her free verse compositions paint word picture images that truly resonate with the reader. A compendium of wordsmithing raised to an impressive level of literary excellence, The Tears of Things: Poems is especially and unreservedly recommended for community and college/university library Contemporary American Poetry collections.—Midwest Book Reviews
    Catherine Hamrick uses the medium of poetry to help her through many of life’s challenges, by writing in various formats the emotions deeply felt at that particular moment of time. … These are the hidden gems of life that make the intolerable, tolerable and life slightly less serious. The beautifully written “House Finches” is more prose than poetry but celebrates the birth of new life, a season and garden emerging from the harshness of winter. “The Tears of Things” is not a work to be taken lightly; it is one that should be read carefully, at leisure, piece by piece to allow the sentiment to resonate, offering a time to reflect on the vagaries of life; to accept that all things do eventually pass.—Blue Wolf Reviews

     

    Praise for The Tears of Things: Poems by Catherine Hamrick

    These poems mine deeply for a richness in both language and imagery that cuts against the flatness of much contemporary poetry. With deep roots in nature poetry like Mary Oliver’s, as well as in memories of childhood and the excited and worried journeys of adult life, The Tears of Things renders the world in full—they are what we find everywhere we look.

    —Jesse Graves, author of Merciful Days and Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine

    In precise language and detailed imagery, Catherine Hamrick traces cycles of human illness and loss over four seasons. The persistence of memory and the insistence on perseverance—to understand, to make peace, to come out on the other side—is rewarded by a fifth season, a lagniappe of acceptance and joy.

    —Jay Lamar, editor of Old Enough: Southern Women Artists and Writers on Creativity and Aging

    The Tears of Things is a stunning journey into Catherine Hamrick’s relationship with nature. Her beautiful, sensual poems waste no words, evoking images that stir something deeper. Take your time experiencing these rich creations. You will want to taste them more than once.

    —T.K. Thorne, author of The Magic City Stories Trilogy and Behind the Magic Curtain

    Catherine Hamrick, author of The Tears of ThingsA content strategist, copywriter, and editor, Catherine Hamrick previously worked at Southern Living, Cooking Light, Southern Accents, Victoria, Better Homes and Gardens, and Meredith Books. She also taught writing and communication arts at several colleges and universities. Her poetry has appeared in The Blue Mountain Review, Appalachian Places, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, storySouth, The Citron Review, and elsewhere. Find her online at catherinehamrick.com.

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