One Stranger's Songs (2009) is a collection of poems, spanning time, from high school to the early 2000's. It spans geography from the Sierra Nevada, Western Ghats of India, back to bistros in Belize. The subjects vary, I've included some poems written during epileptic seizures (partial seizures) that reveal to me a bit, how my brain worked while being under its own, rather than my, influences. After brain surgery to remove the cause of seizures, poems dosed with morphine, contrasted dramatically to the rest. Other poems provided an affordable "self-therapy". My daughter's incessant setbacks caused by chronic Lyme disease for 22+ years were hard. My Lyme persists, but is mild by comparison. Her tenacity and successes now, defy expectation. All along, poetry's been a unique pressure valve, untiring "ear", curiosity stimulant and third "eye", all in one.
Schonewald, Christine. Selected Poems (PP.101-112). In-Building Bridges from Writers to Readers: The San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology, ed. Vickie Weiland; co-founders Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen. iUniverse, Inc., New York, Bloomington © 2009; 134 pp. [Trickle Down for Common Good? (p. 101); Bridge to Daddy's Smile (p. 102); Eyes Know It's Bedtime (p. 103) Glass Is a Thin Lens, Four Cornered (p. 106); Sight (p. 110)]
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