Full Description
In her new collection of poetry, Crossing the Ladder of Sun, Laura Apol explores the ordinary moments of life—watching her daughter, picking blueberries, sharing confidences with friends, arriving and leaving, and driving, always driving—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 woman's life—mother, daughter, lover, ex-wife, friend. Apol's highly personal poems reflect a caring and compassion that transcends loneliness and heartache.
Contents
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 WinterPedernalLearning What is EnoughThe Way We Fit Ourselves To Itsee me beautifulHappiest DayHanna Teaches Me About Monkey Bars
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women Poetry, Mothers and daughters Poetry
