These elegant, spare poems look for what shines “beyond the busy of curtains,” tracing the paths of women who discover the quickness of their own hands as they face old griefs and “brand-new wars.” Undoing Knots is a hymn to the liberatory power of poetry to shed clear light on a life. Over and over, Claase shows us beautifully how to see our everyday selves in the moments when “the all around / shades into a blur as heaven kneels down”.

-Dr. Collier Nogues, poet and author of The Ground I Stand On is Not my Ground and On the Other Side, Blue

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Celia Claase’s Undoing Knots takes us along a path of fine poetic language and beautiful ‒and often striking‒ images to reflect on feelings of loss, regret, inadequacy or disappointment and to confront them, through inner doubt, despair and questioning, with the discovery and affirmation of love of self and others, reaching a state of serene appreciation and acceptance of nature and the human condition. This quite accessible and moving chapbook shows a dedicated poet with an authentic and resonant poetic voice.

-María Elena Blanco, poet and author

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In her fascinating chapbook; Undoing Knots, Celia Claase takes us on a personal journey through powerful imagery and arresting stanzas. In her poems, there’s an alluring dream-like component, a sense of longing that knits the fabric of people’s relationships and daily happenings...

-Paola Caronni, award-winning poet and translator.