Daffodils in December

<p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In <em>Daffodils in December: Poems from an Unexpected Life</em> Alice Bingham Gorman's beautifully crafted poems take readers from the poet's early childhood to her eighties. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In the words of poet Richard Blanco </strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A book for anyone who has ever asked the proverbial question of life's meaning.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Spanning a lifetime Alice Bingham Gorman's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Daffodils in December</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> traverses both loss and joy clearly rendering both the harsher outer world of fact and the inner world of our secret hearts. This is a collection of poems both tender and tough always enjoying the light not fearful of the dark.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Praise for <em>Daffodils in December</em>: </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>Alice Gorman's commitment to the imagination the spirit and love guides her through doubts guilt and grief leaving open through it all the gift of possibility.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>- </span><span style=color: rgba(21 51 37 1)>Jeffrey Harrison</span><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)> author of </span><em style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>Between Lakes</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>Lively and smart with unexpected metaphors and a beautifully relaxed voice surprise images abound in Alice Gorman's wonderful collection.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>- </span><span style=color: rgba(21 51 37 1)>Molly Peacock</span><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)> author of </span><em style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>The Widow's Crayon Box</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>Heartful and genuine these poems collectively and consciously render the earned wisdom and joys of a life well-worth living with all its emotional complexities. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>- </span><span style=color: rgba(21 51 37 1)>Richard Blanco</span><span style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)> author of </span><em style=color: rgba(49 49 49 1)>Homeland of My Body</em></p>