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COMETS IBD

FINISHING LINE PRESS
02 / 2022
9781646627738
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Annie Klier NewcomerâÇÖs debut collection speaks to the worldâÇÖs propensity to awe us in concert with all we love and lose. In writing about family, whether close at hand or long-gone, she explores the ties that bind, the grief that travels with us, and the love that remains. Looking to the larger human family, she writes a poem about integration, 'Some stories never end,' and to the cosmos, considering the cycles of comets. This lyrical collection invites us to consider the paths we live, like comets arching across time.áá-Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate Emerita, author How Time MovesáááááááááááááAnnie NewcomerâÇÖs first poetry collection brims with insight and attention to the rich, often fraught details of childhood and the struggles of adult life. Nuanced, compassionate and alert, NewcomerâÇÖs poems shine a loving light on an American familyâÇÖs history while casting their nets much wider than the few individuals they are ostensibly about. Whether recalling a disabled sisterâÇÖs short life, musing over crazily hoarding neighbors, or discovering a husbandâÇÖs secret love of poetry, NewcomerâÇÖs gentle wisdom permeates what it means to be alive in uncertain times.áá-Laura Chalar, Uruguayan poet & author of The Guardian Angel of Lawyers andáUnlearningáááAnnie Newcomer writes with keen awareness of family bonds. In so doing she uncovers a web of potent memories wrapped up inside them. Not satisfied to stop at personal reflection, however, her poetic intention seeks to remind the reader that there are wrongs in this world and we each have social and political responsibilities to consider when weighing fairness and justice. This is the season for AnnieâÇÖs voice to be heard among poets.áá-Bruce McClain,áPoet, Writer, Illustrator, forthcoming art & poetry book, Elder Leaf

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