We are happy to share news of Poetry Society of Vermont member Tim Mayo’s new poetry collection…
Tim Mayo announces the publication of his third full length collection Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster by Bainbridge Island Press.
Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster explores the arc of a life shaped by loss and renewed by love. The poems intertwine to explore grief from the loss of loved ones (a lover, a daughter and close friends), early memories of growing up in an immigrant foster home, later memories of working in a mental hospital, the poet’s own recovery from addiction, the emotional and spiritual impact of a near death and life-changing accident with its lasting, crippling effects, and an acceptance of a life nearing its own chronological end. Although there is a darkness in these poems, they belie the empathy and subtle humor in the poems and the joy of finding love in later life after so much loss.
Tim Mayo will be the guest poet for the 2026 PSOV Spring Workshop on May 16th: AN EXPLORATION OF VOICE IN POETRY. Sign Up today.
You can find Tim’s new poetry book Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster on the Bainbridge Island Press website. Be sure to support member authors by purchasing a copy of their book(s.) Also, look for member books in your local independent bookstore( if not available, suggest they support Vermont poets and stock them.)