“The inspired and well crafted poetry of Joyce Ash is a feast
of life deepened and intensified through her poetic search for meaning.
Here is a poet whose every movement into language challenges us out of
our sentimental approaches to living. Her merciless insights translate
reality into what it used to be, taking us to the long forgotten world
where language, cultural roots, womanhood, and nature itself are
experienced as vital parts of the republic of the self. Beautiful Fire is a book that shows us what poetry can be, a book that stays with you long after you have finished reading it.”
