Fully into Ashes by SofiaM. Starnes Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2011 by Wings Press ISBN-13: 978-0-916727-70-3, ISBN: 0-916727-70-X
"Written in a modern and experimental style, this poetry compilation by Sofia M. Starnes contemplates the aesthetics of faith. Often drawing from Bible stories, this collection indirectly alludes to Christian themes and creates extended metaphors that spill from one poem to another. Filled with passionately physical imagery, this is Starnes’s quest for spiritual union with the Trinity."
Blended Voices Blending the Voices of Virginia Poets by Decker, Kathleen P, Starnes, SofiaM Paperback, 94 Pages, Published 2023 by High Tide Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-962935-00-5, ISBN: 1-962935-00-0
"We had a small, enthusiastic group of participants for the workshop I ran in Richmond, Virginia, on May 6th, 2023, during the PSV Centennial Festival. The format of the workshop was slightly different from that of this book."
"The Nearest Poem Anthology is not a hit parade of poems, nor is it a selection of our most popular poets. Once a poem is written, the poet recedes powerless to do more and the poem must rely on a reader for its survival. It is the reader s response to a poem that guarantees its life. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the multiple lives of poetry, its constant reincarnation. A poem may remain dormant for a while decades, even c ..."
"The power of the written word can transform the human experience... One of the special roles of poetry is to concentrate observations and their attendant emotions in ways that can be a powerful stimulus to our imagination and helps us to transcend the particular moment of occurrence... The Poets Laureate of Virginia featured in this anthology possess this special gift. Our lives are richer for their dedication to their crafts as well as ..."
"What does it mean that the Psalms are the prayer book of the people? Rocking Like It’s All Intermezzo: Twenty-first-Century Psalm Responsorials is one such person’s prayer book. Using familiar refrains as their starting points, the poems attempt a balance between how the psalmist understood God’s faithfulness and how the poet’s lived experience requires revised understanding in some places, renewed commitment in others. In addition to a ..."
Corpus Homini(1st Edition) A Poem For Single Flesh by SofiaM. Starnes Hardcover, 36 Pages, Published 2008 by Wingspress ISBN-13: 978-0-916727-51-2, ISBN: 0-916727-51-3
"The act of writing poetry, for Sofia Starnes, is a “getting out of the way” so that a poem might occur, a poem that must itself become a place of resonance, where the reader might recognize a voice otherwise unheard. The Consequence of Moonlight is a poetic invitation to an awareness of an underlying Presence; it is also a call to be present as a loving witness of valuable—and vulnerable—things.These poems are written to be depositories ..."
"This is not an easy book, yet "[h]ow bruising-brave the larkspur's blue / becomes, how lover-heart // the roses—" Resurrection is here remade fresh, new, vital, and within grasp." —Kelly Cherry, author of The Life and Death of Poetry: ..."
"In the spring of 2008, Sofia and Bill Starnes needed to hunt for a letter in one of their cedar chests. They have three such chests, two having been in the Starnes household for decades. Ready to sort through layers of cloth, paper, trinkets . . . the material of mementos and of a life, they found at the bottom of one chest a packet of manuscript pages tied together with a red ribbon. The importance of the letter they initially set out ..."