TRANQUILITY SOLITUDE AND OTHER POEMS

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tranquility Solitude and other Poems</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Karen Lee Oliver explores many dimensions of tranquility offering an engaging collection of lyric and narrative poems that embrace a reflective exploration of the human condition. Major themes include solitude dreams memories and mortality. These images effectively create a family of symbols for the ungraspable aspects of life in passing. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A gothic atmosphere and mysterious tone unifies these poems which employ a voice that seeks answers but knows it may not find them. Oliver gives readers select and surprising details that spark curiosity and build suspense. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is an energetic book with crisp lines and a coherent lexicon of images. Readers seeking contemplation of both tranquility and the darker more moody aspects of solitude will find rewards here. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Blueink review image</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span>???</span>Ms. Oliver weaves words into lovely thought-provoking tapestries sharing her experiences through vivid images. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Rev. Maureen A. Demler; </em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>St. Georgia's Episcopal Church in Clifton Park New York</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>??Karen Lee Oliver</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was born in Poughkeepsie New York on October 1 1959. She furthered a potential career in ballet by moving to N.Y.C. in 1973 where she studied on scholarship with American Ballet Theater. Ms. Oliver graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. degree in English Literature Major/ Theater Arts Major in 1981. She has since published three books with Xlibris; Pergola; 2002-2005 Tales From the Mirwood and Tranquility Solitude and Other Poems in 2014. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Selections: </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>1) THE LOTUS EATERS</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>2) THE MONKS OF WALLENSBURG</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>3) PICTURE IN THE SKIN</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>4) VESTIBULES OF TIME</span></p>