The book I never wanted to write

Sleepwalker:

Even though I’m proud to announce the upcoming publication of my fifth poetry chapbook, Sleepwalker, I admit to mixed feelings. This collection contains the poems I never wanted to write, the ones I fought against writing for years.

These poems speak to the painful healing after my eldest son’s suicide. They unearth the heartbreak of motherhood and deep loss. They embrace who my son was and what he will never be.  

It took me nearly ten years to start writing some of t...