A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook: Poems

Its true: not all good things / harmonize but sometimes / sometimes / they do.Drawing its title from Gertrudes description of Ophelias death in Hamlet the original poems in Aaron Chase Eddingtons A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook focus on the beauty inherent in tragedy and offer a hopeful redemptive view of loss and grief.Eddingtons poetry navigates trauma beauty and pain with a perspective of optimism growth and renewal. Focused on images memories and moments A Willow Grows Aslant a Brook looks past abstractions in search of something between / water and blood / soul and flesh.AARON CHASE EDDINGTON is a writer and educator based in the Dallas area. Born and raised in east Texas he is also the author of a chapbook titled A Birdwatchers Guide to the American South.