Karen Head's first collection of poems and prose poems is the first collection by this insightful and engaging prolific poet. With an introduction by Dionisio Martinez, Norton Poet and winner of the prestigious Whiting Award, 
Shadow Boxes includes poems previously published in such collections as O Georgia, An Anthology of Georgia's Newest and Most Promising Writers II, Plains Song Review, New Millenium Writings, The Southeast Review, and others.

shadow boxes

Literature & Fiction

Head, Karen

Poetry

all nations press

The stories in this collection will move you to tears, make you laugh, remind you of your first brush with love (in the form of a horse), and most important, connect you with your soul; because that's what horses can do when you are willing to embrace what they so naturally and beautifully reveal to you. The authors come from a variety of horse backgrounds, but there is a common thread --- they all see the simple truth that these magnificent animals, through their presence and grace, can raise our consciousness, peel back the layers to uncover our true selves, and show us how to shine with brilliance.

Horse as Teacher: The Path to Authenticity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

WILLIAMS, Susan

Golding, Wendy

Pike, Kathy

Meyers, Mary Beth

Pearce, Melisa

Twinney, Anna

Schwader, MJ

Dee, Lisa

Alternative Medicine

Clarity of Vision Writing & Design

Lost on Purpose is a universe of portals, a collection that offers the rare invitation to be both observer and intimate, taking in the reverie of landscape and lover, travel and art. Eschewing the stark, Head's poems accomplish the remarkable: though they may seem effortless in their ease, they are distilled, compelling, and evocative, demonstrating a mastery that deepens their interiors with each reading. Refined in its sensibility, Lost on Purpose speaks to both images of solitude--and the honoring of the serene and contemplative--and the reverence of connection. Not without signature moments of Head's knife-edged wit and observation, these poems move us through a tandem sense of joy and rebelliousness, urging us to step into new ways of being, to challenge our perceptions, "as subtle as the line between look and leap / between what we know and what we believe." In Paris, in England, in the cosmos and in the garden, through the ekphrastic and the camera lens, Head's poems open irresistible doors--reminding each of us to echo the affirmation, "where I'm from / will not dictate where I am going."

Lost on Purpose

Iris Press

The narratives of Karen Head’s Sassing are mournful but defiant tales, seeking a place of repose “somewhere between/the smoldering ruins of Atlanta/and a base near the Berlin Wall.” Head’s poems find that elusive place in their hard-edged music.

Sassing

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