Tom Pearson

The Sandpiper's Spell Tom Pearson

The Sandpiper's Spell ricochets through time and space, collecting psychic and geographic memories, images, and artifacts to use as the ingredients of metamorphosis. Best Indie Books of 2019: "Pearson's masterfully observant debut poetry collection scours littoral and urban landscapes... vastly panoramic and deeply introspective... a startlingly intuitive new poet-one to watch." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review). "Pearson's debut collection of intimate poetry offers a meditative selection of free-form vignettes across intertwining themes... above all, Pearson demonstrates a mastery of imagery" - BookLife, by Publisher's Weekly. "The Sandpiper's Spell feels like an homage to the fragility of life. Death so close, but beauty closer. It requires slow, deep, repeated reading. The imagery is complex and layered. Often unexpected, like a dance, a quick shift in direction." - Andrea Lepcio, playwright and author of Looking for the Pony