Born from the tender, untidy depths of intimacy, May’s poems move like water—sometimes trickling, sometimes rushing—capturing the wild, vulnerable essence of love and heartbreak. Deeply rooted in the Appalachian mountains she calls home, her work carries the earthy textures of place and season, where soil, rain, and tangled branches mirror the cycles of intimacy, rupture, and repair. “It’s difficult to find a collection where every poem lands; however, in Thank the Sweet Waters, so many of them genuinely reflect the core of love’s past, present, and hopeful future,” said Amy Brozio-Andrews, Independent Book Review. “A thoughtful gift or worthwhile addition…