Maroon" is the debut collection of Haitian-American poet Danielle Georges who writes of the pain of exile, the beauty of nature, and the delights of love in highly rhythmic, highly original language. The range of her voice is remarkable-from the comic to the tragic to the lyric, but always her poetry is electric with an overpowering zest for life and vitality of language.

"from"Our Water

We could have been a waterfall,

at the sacred site of Saute-D'eau,

encircled by an impromptu

ceremony of birds.

Instead, in Boston's November.

we take what we can:

flights of laughter,

and only a bar

of soap

between us.

Marketing Plans:

o Author readings in Boston, Hartford, Storrs, Amherst, New York.