Millar DuMars' sense of language, ingrained in the poet's attitude toward her poems, is why they can move such extraordinary distances in tone, language and theme, building to conclusions of breath-taking clarity and directness. Patricia Prime, New Hope International Review

Susan Millar DuMars will not rush sadness, but instead makes language do its poignant job of revealing and evoking strong feelings... Her style of retelling is unique; she doesn't mince her words, she spares them and makes them work. Rita Ann Higgins

Sample Poem

Big Pink Umbrella

I am:
Tax bills and spin cycles
Non-drowsy cough syrup
All out of bin bags
Photocopied lesson plans
Running late

You are:
In your pajamas
Sighing on the third stair.
"Nothing tastes of anything",
You will tell me
When you ring.

But you don’t r ing.
And I think that you think
I'm busy just to mock you.
That my life opens up,
Like a big pink umbrella,
And I'm dancing ahead of you,
And you’re getting wet.

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