Havoc & Solace: Poems from the Inland West

by Carol L. Deering, Lori Howe (Editor)

Havoc & Solace: Poems from the Inland West is a shining example of accessible and engaging poetry that restores a vital connection with our natural world. Through the eyes of an award-winning poet, these poems take the reader beyond physical, mental, and historical restraints, to the wild beating heart of life in the American inland West.

84 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2018

Reviews

[Mandie Hines]

I get wrapped in the language of Carol Deering's poems, like "Snow stirs a shiver of birds past the uprooted moon," and "Her breath leaves the pane a blister of stars." Deering doesn't miss an opportunity to use surprising and elegant descriptions throughout her poems as she breathes new life into familiar places or events and creates new imagery. In a poem about the 1988 Yellowstone fire, Deering writes, "Pines jumped crimson out of feathered greenery, sighed and mingled, kindling delirium." A beautiful collection of poems.