This book features Morton's best work to date from her tencollections. While her poems range in style, topic and region, theycapture each universal emotion, delving into our desire to knowour place in this world; the reason for our very being. Her wordsare comfort and wonder and hope. She writes: This is a bookof poems to swallow, to seep in your bloodstream/ and poundopen the chamber doors/ of your own heart, reminding us ofour huge capacity for love, guiding us through each tiny fold ofsynchronicity to discover the big picture--what it means to trulybe alive.
About the AuthorKarla K. Morton, Texas State Poet Laureate in 2010, is a resident of Ft. Worth, USA. She is a Betsy Colquitt Award Winner, twice an Indie National Book Award Winner, and North Texas Book Award Festival Winner. Morton is the recipient of the Writer-in-Residency E2C Grant and has ten books of poetry.
Book InformationISBN 9781680030877
Author Karla K. MortonFormat Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Texas Review PressPublisher Texas Review Press
Weight(grams) 354g