In her new collection of poetry,Crossing the Ladder of Sun,Laura Apol explores the ordinary moments of lifewatching her daughter, picking blueberries, sharing confidences with friends, arriving and leaving, and driving, always drivingand transforms them into the extraordinary. This book is rich with the lyrical found in what is considered the mundane as it portrays the multiple roles of a womans lifemother, daughter, lover, ex-wife, friend. Apols highly personal poems reflect a caring and compassion that transcends loneliness and heartache.
In her new collection of poetry,Crossing the Ladder of Sun,Laura Apol explores the ordinary moments of life and transforms them into the extraordinary. This book is rich with the lyrical found in what is considered the mundane as it portrays the multiple roles of a womans lifemother, daughter, lover, ex-wife, friend. Apols highly personal poems reflect a caring and compassion that transcends loneliness and heartache.
ContentsAbout WingsCellular MemorySafe: A CombinationEdge of October (Two Voices)Travelling LightNight DrivingOceanHanna Teaches Me About Wings From a Traveller who does not Speak FrenchRiver of Then and NowThe Whole World Between UsIn New York City, 1979Next TimeHanna Teaches Me About DistancePilgrimage into your PastOklahoma DroughtThe SwitchMagnoliasA Map to the WildernessNot Only on the IslandMid-FlightNothing Begins with UsHanna Teaches Me About WritingTwo a.m.Stretch MarksWoman of LightFather ReadingMeteors, Late SummerEnding a Marriage: Six LessonsThe Wedding RingLearning to BreatheMendingA Letter to his SisterAn Anniversary Poem for my Ex-HusbandLightningWhy I Cannot Tell the StoryThe Grass is on FireMiscarriageWaiting for GriefSynchronicityA Talk about TreesScarsAnorexiaLearning to DanceCanonChicagoHanna Teaches Me About Daddy Long LegsTwin Sister, StillbornCrossing the Ladder of SunOne NightUmbilicalRemembering EdenBlueberriesLate WinterPedernalLearnil³®
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