Rough Cradle

“Betsy Scholl’s poems are visual and fast moving, the whole book shot through vivid imagery…I was so dazzled by the gorgeousness of the writing…”
―Stride Magazine

“As she upends perspectives, her powers of synthesis, making god’s-eyes of unlike threads, are near deific.”
―Portland Phoenix

“Maine laureate Betsy Sholl is out with a seventh book of poetry that’s filled with soaring word pictures…the ideas of beauty versus darkness, grit versus comfort.”
―Portland Press Herald