SUDDEN SHADOWS 21 Poems of Love and Loss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798899902123)

Sudden Shadows is poetry of the unexpected, meditations on loss, love, faith, transformation, and resilience. Written after the death of the author's wife - and the heart attack he suffered several months later - these 21 poems are both personal and universal, poignant and sometimes playful, on subjects ranging from the aftermath of a devastating hurricane to the lessons a father left his son to the sudden death of a childhood friend. Although they often explore the shadowlands of human nature, they are poems that leave the reader with a sense of hope, as in the collection's closing words: "Reminding us, if only briefly, what we started with. What we have left: a lifetime."