Wren Poems Laura Gao and defeat

and defeat

severely injuring her two front teeth

Broad Strokes or Finely Detailed Lines

keep the reader’s attention sharp

It's Bottoms's deeply affecting journey to rescue a version of herself that she thought she had to leave behind to succeed

Wren Poems Laura Gao and defeatBy: Elizabeth Stabler Published by Wind Ridge Books of VT, 2015 05 12 " Like poets throughout the ages, Elizabeth Stabler uses intermediaries a wren, bee fl y, tulips, phlox to move from the deeply observed world around her into an inner realm where she writes movingly of the "unguarded self," of love's "ferocity and transforming power" and of loss. Her amazing "Schoolbus Sestina" is an unforgettable experience of time and place as is the voice of the