Solitary Light

<p>Poetry is conduit for communicating our shared experiences and broadening our understanding-of ourselves and each other. In <em>Solitary Light</em> Priscilla Bernard Wieden shares her journey when the unspeakable happens and then offers every grieving widow a glimmer of light. These poems are a beacon to help you find your way out of the despair of grief to help you look deep inside your own spirit and emerge with a heart full of loving memories as you find the beauty in joyful living that still awaits you. </p><p></p><p>------------</p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>...incredible collection of poems...beautiful sad lyrical and absolutely human. Wieden guides us through this pain with a strong hand even as she guides her own broken heart.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>-MATTHEW DICKMAN author of <em>All-American Poem</em> and <em>Husbandry Poems</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Solitary Light</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> addresses death and the cycle of life with extraordinary beauty. Heart-wrenching poetry yes. An ode to love yes. And so much more... </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-JOHN PERKINS author of <em>Confessions of an Economic Hitman</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What shines from these pages is indeed a beacon of hope one with enough strength to penetrate darkness. Her poems celebrate </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>finding light/ in broken places/ where joy/ timidly slips in</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-PAULANN PETERSEN Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>These are poems from the first days of grief where words have the courage to begin to express both sorrow and survival. This book is about one person's grief as a companion for many for you.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-KIM STAFFORD author of <em>100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>...exquisite elegant searing powerful heartbreaking glorious wrenching transformational and unforgettable... </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-LYNNE TWIST<em> </em>author of<em> The Soul of Money </em>and <em>Living a Committed Life</em></strong></p>