Description
American expatriate Carrie Etter’s debut collection, The Tethers, introduces a compelling new voice. By turns wry, celebratory, and pensive, the poems roam from an imaginary village to Manhattan, the southwestern U.S., London, the Czech Republic, and Etter’s homeland, the Illinois prairie.







Slipping the Leash
Wild Imperfections
Luck Is the Hook
The Handle of the Door
I Don't Like Poetry
Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy
What Rhymes with Sneeze?
Poems to Elsi