DEEP ENDS

<p><em>Deep Ends </em>explores the fragile balance between treading life's turbulent waters and mastering a survival float. A father invents his brand of cross-chest carry to save himself and his grandson from drowning in a current of light and sound. A mother tosses her young daughter into the deep end of a public pool in hopes she will learn to swim. A daughter becomes a lifeguard a teacher inspired by Dolly Parton's can-do attitude and an empowerment drummer. Family grief survival and climate change are the themes in this poet's second full-length collection.</p><p></p>