Low-hanging Fruit

<p>LOW-HANGING FRUIT is an archaeological dig deep into the realm of an aging woman's memory. At times the narrators of these poems may embellish or be guilty of retrospective distortion-yet they strive to tell her truth. Truth: nostalgia for a coming of age during a time of growing injustice and violence; the bullying of the defenseless and the different; the warping effects of religion. Artifacts of joy loss and love are exhumed in poems on a range of topics: racism suicide obsessive (and unattainable) love and encroaching change on a farm community.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Historical figures and a succession of animals also populate this collection. To renew their acquaintance to learn their lessons requires that once again they be brought to life.</span></p>