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Hopeful, passionate, and full of sharp discoveries about the dangers of the world, Fire on a Circle is an exploration of the fires we traverse to become our true selves. Written in free verse, verse monologue, and ancient Nordic formats, these poems dig for the roots of the spirit through exploration of survival, self-discovery, and a passion for connection to the author's ancestors and landscape. Grounded in years of poetic and runic studies, Ward weaves the mothers of her family, the struggles against addiction, and pagan practice throughout this debut poetry collection.

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"""Kim Ward's poems wrestle fiercely with life forces, some massive as a hurricane, and some that surge from and through a single tender soul. Her poems are deeply embodied, spoken by a passionate 'I' engaged with a tantalizing 'you' that is sometimes human, sometimes more. As in 'mouth of time, moth of words...' spiritual fires may dance within wordplay but they leap out as searing embers. 'God takes the tongue and roots it elsewhere, lights your bones with eternal flame...And the blessings burn.'"" -Judith Chalmer, author of Minnow"

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Kim Ward is a poet, playwright, visual and theater artist and the founder of the Vermont Playwrights Circle. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont.

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