A Shade Pulled Just Barely

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Shade Pulled Just Barely</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a short book of poems that spans many years: from early to late midlife and beyond. The poems unfold as if before a window facing west. The sun is high but descending. In the fullness of time passing a woman uncovers aspects of herself that she has kept hidden. Tensions between shadow and light restraint and desire love broken and made whole thread the collection. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Shade Pulled Just Barely</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> suggests a woman's meandering path to a deeper awareness and self-acceptance. </span></p>