Mommy And Other Poems

In This Impressive Collection, Joan Carole Handnbsp;offers Her Reader A Deeply Realized And Convincing Inventory Of Family And Relationship, Rooted In The Rich Soil Of The Poets Own Life And Aspirations. The Speaker In These Poems Directly Addresses Specific Individuals In Hands Life - Principally But Not Exclusively Family Members - A Subject She Approaches With Candor And Directness Of Gaze, By Turns Curious, Tender, Indomitable. As Readers, We Are Invited To Dive Deep Into Her Unflinching Observations, With The Fierce Confidence Of The Author Herself, As Would One Asked To Swim Along With This Well-conditioned Swimmer, Capable Of 'penetrating The Highest Of High Tides, Swimming Against Every Current, And Testing The Invisibility Of The Fishes.' The Urge To Stay With Her, Stroke By Stroke, Is A Strong One; The Portraits Emerge, Iconic As The Boulder She Spies At The Edge Of The Shore In One Of Her Poems, Surfacing And Resurfacing With The Tide - An 'anchor And A Strength' In A Turbulent Shoreline.