Litany of Wings

Poetry. These are beautiful poems (Grace Paley). Amber Coverdale Sumrall's poems are deeply felt and will touch many with their evocation of love and possiblilty and wings (Lucille Clifton). Written with honesty and grace, these poems move through a landscape shaped by a rich, personal history and a clear rendering of details that, in the telling, become much larger than their sum. Wise and tender, Litany of Wings maps out one womans journey towards some center, that startling, wordless place that harbors what is most human in all of us (Silvia Curbelo). Beads of ice hang from the coral tree / and still there is no rain. / The sky does not open. / Not here. Not yet. / We are in peril. / Men are setting fire to the earth (Silence at the End of the World). Amber Coverdale Smith facilitates workshops on writing and spirituality, and is co-director of WomenCARE (Cancer Advocacy, Resources and Edication) in Santa Cruz, California.