Rearrangement of the Invisible

by Gail Rudd Entrekin

Poetry. "Part-lyric, part-narrative, part-novella in verse, these poems never stray far from their passionate appetite for life, fear of the unknown, and the titanic thrill and mystery of love. Many of these poems deal with the subtle realities of cancer diagnosis, chemo, the trance states of illness, the 'wait and see,' the 'opposite oceans' of waking and dreaming, and the life-defining clarity the threat of death sharpens. With life's visible stuff blurring the invisible, still, love—ancient, un-prescribed, redeeming, intuitive—lights up the unseen."—Al Young

Genres: Poetry

90 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2012

Reviews

[Sandra]

Entrekin looks life right in the eye with compassion. She writes about the passages of a family as one ages: the changes, the uncertainties, the losses that are inevitable, sometimes sudden, in the flow of the everyday world which continues to hold its charms for this indomitable traveler who is wife, mother, and the once young girl she holds inside. The first poem “Longing” introduces the desire to be with her husband in his “dreaming” wherever it takes them as she observes him sleeping after surgery. The willingness to embrace these passages, “open as sunflowers in full bloom” (“Something Coming”) runs strong throughout the entire collection, joy balanced with sorrow.