Ordinary Splendor

<p>Judith Waller Carroll's<em> Ordinary Splendor </em>evokes the magic of everyday living with direct language as well as incisive metaphors and similes: 'the</p><p>heron's long neck pointed like a compass needle.' 'Such a fuss about the stars' writes Carroll a poet who sees clearly the many miracles that are often</p><p>overlooked but who concludes that 'at the end / this is what I will remember.' Imbued with insight and questions that celebrate a lifetime of experiences these poems explore the ache of living with wide open eyes: 'Yes I know. Somewhere someone / is doing unspeakable things to another' but also with understanding that there is so much more.</p><p>-KB Ballentine <em>Edge of the Echo a</em>nd <em>The Light Tears Loose</em></p><p><br></p><p>Judith Waller Carroll is a master of imagery. And of nailing a poem in the</p><p>last line.</p><p>-The Lascaux Review</p>