BPK. get to know her.

BRIGIT PEGEEN KELLY.
More people should know who she is.

How do her books of poetry work as a whole?
Are they meant to work as a whole?
1st and 3rd book have striking similarities dealing with ideas of death and rebirth, general succession.
Most of her poems deal with very specific reoccurring themes and images- dead does (dead animals in general), skepticism of religion, life, life after death.
I am not surprised by these topics but I am overwhelmed by their presence in all of her poetry- why do these poems tackle the subject of rebirth so directly?
So many of the poems deal with statues, children, and more than anything birds.
What is the bird? There is a bird (often a crow) in most every poem.
Kelly grew up in the Midwest so I understand that crows are EVERYWHERE.
What does a crow mean to her?
I find it hard to explain Kelly's poetry- it is strikingly different from other poetry I have read and all the more compelling to read.
How is she able to have such an innocent and childish (not childish like immature, childish like an imaginative, all wondering view of the world) voice?
Why does Kelly only have 3 books of poetry?
Her writing seems like it could go on forever, almost as though she must force herself to finish her poems and go on to the next one- when will there be a 4th book? Will it entwine with past books?
Am I missing a bigger picture?
Aside from questions about the author and her words, I am pretty concerned about my own opinions and how they will create a distinctive paper. With so little research to be found on my author (much research is about the same thing and says the same thing in different ways, it’s strange….) how will I crank out 14 coherent pages that don’t bore my reader?
I emailed her and she hasn’t emailed me back which is just a bummer. Aside from being a bummer I think her comments would really give the boost I need to keep writing.
My idea development has led me in so many directions I have found it hard to focus on one topic without trickling into another. I guess what I’m most worried about aside from what I have said above, is sucking it bad on this paper- I feel like I have an intimate relationship with her few but powerful books and, being bad at papers as it is, I would hate to muck up an essay about an author I’ve come to respect very much.