Poetry. Many images here begin with the natural world and end in a human gesture of freedom, of release. Marion Boyer creates a world of imagination. She goes as far as to create a character, Jake, whose life unfolds in the pages of this book. Boyer's elegance ruminates throughout the lyric in these poems.

Author Hometown: MATTAWAN, MI USA



About the author: Marion Boyer is a professor emeritus from Kalamazoo Valley Community College where she taught communication. Boyer's poetry and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines. One of her poems was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2007 and she won first place in Rhino's 2006 poetry competition. She received another first place award in the 2008 international competition sponsored by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Her chapbook, Green (2003), is available from Finishing Line Press.

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