A poetic memoir by a woman whose grown daughter, Nora, during an episode of postpartum psychosis, killed her three-year-old son. She attempted to kill herself but did not succeed. Instead of getting mental help, she got twenty-five years in prison (and a judge who called her "evil"). The grieving grandmother writes the story with deep compassion and forgiveness, in a collection of linked, exquisitely beautiful but totally accessible--page-turning, in fact--lyrical pieces.

The Yellow Toothbrush

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gahl, Kathryn

Mental Health

Two Shrews Press

Product Description Moving and mysterious, the poems in Messengers of the Gods: New and Selected Poems by Kathryn Gahl have such a nice beat, you can dance to them-even if you have two left feet. Featuring poems new and previously published, the collection establishes Gahl as a poet with a deft hand and steady heart. Let layers of life draw you in-lovers, fondue, a wafer moon, even bee hives-as Gahl hears the scramble of time and catches each beat. Join her. Review "Messengers of the Gods is a masterpiece of poetic craft and deeply felt truths, thanks to Kathryn Gahl's ability to dance with words in an alchemy of form and style. "-Sylvia Cavanaugh, author of Icarus, Anthropology of Addiction"Gahl invites us into the house of memory 'where we inhale pain and exhale love, ' and we hang on her every word. Perhaps we are all just experiencing 'a brief glory traveling through space and time, ' on this earth. 'Come dance with me / connect with me, ' Gahl implores, and we do."-Cristina M.R. Norcross, Editor of Blue Heron Review, author of The Sound of a Collective Pulse"Kathryn Gahl's Messengers of the Gods journeys through the dance of life. . . . This is an exquisite read, with a masterful use of language, celebrating movement with words."-Annette Langlois Grunseth, author of Combat and Campus: Writing Through War"Messengers of the Gods is the song we all need to hear right now in this unsettling world to 'teach our cells new moves, ' as Gahl writes, to become Iris and fly, to hold loves beyond the grave, and, most important, to dream."-Jodie Montag, Lakeland University"Kathryn Gahl's poems are filled with the sweet but hard liquor of life."-Karla Huston, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2017-2018author of Grief Bone and A Theory of Lipstick About the Author Kathryn Gahl is an award-winning writer and poet. Her works appear in three anthologies, six ekphrastic art shows, and over fifty journals, with awards from Glimmer Train, Margie, Chautauqua, Rosebud, The Mill, Talking Writing, The Hal Prize for Fiction and Poetry, New Millennium Writings, and Wisconsin People & Ideas. She lives in Eastern Wisconsin.

Messengers of the Gods: New and Selected Poems

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Cornerstone Press

Kathryn Gahl's THE VELOCITY OF LOVE is a poetic memoir about wonder, loss, and longing. Kathryn's magic lies in transforming unimaginable grief into everlasting grace.

The Velocity of Love

Water's Edge Press LLC

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