Ribcage of Time

<p><strong><em>Ribcage of Time</em> a poetry collection from a woman’s point of view is both intimate and universal in its scope of events—family life birth death rape abortion genocide from a poet on the ledge of some eighty years of life with language fresh and unsettling.</strong></p><p>The poems in Jacqueline Tchakalian’s second poetry collection <em>Ribcage of Time</em> refer to Armenian genocide public murder rape home abortions including one outside the home with tragic repercussions for the writer. These poems have an ever-present wish for improvement a more sane and equitable society for all. They reference family the joy of having and being around children the predicted loss of an ill husband a plan for a different type of god. They are reflective poems that question the future make strong assertions and overall are imbued with hope for the future.</p>