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Though privileged to live in times when space exploration and technology have advanced our knowledge of the universe at breath-taking speed, we still live as if we are the ones around whom the sun rises and sets. Moving from the most intimate of human activities to the profound and expansive dimensions of the universe, this collection of poems by Carol Smallwood explores, as did Edwin Hubble, the elusive mysteries of life. The vision, shared by all of us--poets, artists, laborers, homemakers, and space explorers--is to make the best of this world while seeking to understand it more fully. Smallwood's passion for this vision is the clear focus of this lovely volume of poems.

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"""Carol Smallwood's rich and chromatic imagery embarks the reader on a journey of sense and rhythm with its profound and universal exploration of time, space, and human justification."" - Lisa Zaran, If It We, Lummox Press (2012); founder and editor, Contemporary American Voices ""Carol Smallwood's poems, with their wealth of cosmology as well as quantum physics, reverberate with mystery. Her koan-like brevity reminds the reader to not take appearances for granted. Smallwood's words continually pit 'belief in another dimension' against 'a straining for the familiar.' ('January Thaw') The collection pays homage to earth as a living entity and gifts its readers with the largesse of physics in lyrics."" - Judith Skillman, Angles of Separation, Glass Lyre Press (2014) ""The precision of this verse is beautiful, expressing wisdom complex as well as simple, and its stirring, flowing originality is most refreshing."" - Mary Barnet, 86 Sonnets for the 21st Century, Casa de Snapdragon (2015); founder and senior editor, PoetryMagazine.com ""Things are whirling and churning in this breathtaking collection, from molten rock and colliding galaxies to a cement mixer flaunting breast-cancer-pink like 'some exotic dancer.' Smallwood offers the reader a hundred delights, vast and mysterious as dark matter, and minute as the bug whose ancestors survived 'countless species long extinct.' These rich and luminous poems of change, loss, and renascence will surely expand one's universe."" - Nancy Means Wright, Acts of Balance, Finishing Line Press (2014); Walking Up into the Volcano, Pudding House ""Carol arranges the universe, the earth, and its elements in poetic composition, framing and star gazing simultaneously."" - Christine Redman-Waldeyer, D. Litt., assistant professor of English, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, New Jersey ""We might be merely a speck in the universe, but we still crave meaning. We want to be valued and we want to love. Carol Smallwood's beautiful volume of layered poetry explores mysteries, exalts nature, plays with language and poetic form, and honors the small moments of daily life. My favorites: 'Wanton Hussies, ' 'The Wonder Spot, ' 'The Trip, ' 'Dry Leaves, ' and the perfect ending: 'Little is Known'."" - Joan Gelfand, The Long Blue Room, Benicia Literary Arts (2014); development chair, Women's National Book Association ""The collection is written by a questioning, roving, interesting mind. It seeks out mysteries, wondering how things happen, why things are as they are. Daily epiphanies ripen into home-grown adages."" - Sharon Chmielarz, The Widow's House: Poems, Brighthorse Books (2015), finalist for the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards ""Smallwood is a skilled and thoughtful poet. Her work is a joy to read."" - Eleanor Lerman, Strange Life, Mayapple Press (2014); recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry ""The poet draws the reader physically from the intimate elements of everyday life to the universe in which we live."" - Aline Soules, librarian and professor, California State University, East Bay"""

Carol Smallwood's rich and chromatic imagery embarks the reader on a journey of sense and rhythm with its profound and universal exploration of time, space, and human justification. - Lisa Zaran, If It We, Lummox Press (2012); founder and editor, Contemporary American Voices Carol Smallwood's poems, with their wealth of cosmology as well as quantum physics, reverberate with mystery. Her koan-like brevity reminds the reader to not take appearances for granted. Smallwood's words continually pit 'belief in another dimension' against 'a straining for the familiar.' ('January Thaw') The collection pays homage to earth as a living entity and gifts its readers with the largesse of physics in lyrics. - Judith Skillman, Angles of Separation, Glass Lyre Press (2014) The precision of this verse is beautiful, expressing wisdom complex as well as simple, and its stirring, flowing originality is most refreshing. - Mary Barnet, 86 Sonnets for the 21st Century, Casa de Snapdragon (2015); founder and senior editor, PoetryMagazine.com Things are whirling and churning in this breathtaking collection, from molten rock and colliding galaxies to a cement mixer flaunting breast-cancer-pink like 'some exotic dancer.' Smallwood offers the reader a hundred delights, vast and mysterious as dark matter, and minute as the bug whose ancestors survived 'countless species long extinct.' These rich and luminous poems of change, loss, and renascence will surely expand one's universe. - Nancy Means Wright, Acts of Balance, Finishing Line Press (2014); Walking Up into the Volcano, Pudding House Carol arranges the universe, the earth, and its elements in poetic composition, framing and star gazing simultaneously. - Christine Redman-Waldeyer, D. Litt., assistant professor of English, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, New Jersey We might be merely a speck in the universe, but we still crave meaning. We want to be valued and we want to love. Carol Smallwood's beautiful volume of layered poetry explores mysteries, exalts nature, plays with language and poetic form, and honors the small moments of daily life. My favorites: 'Wanton Hussies, ' 'The Wonder Spot, ' 'The Trip, ' 'Dry Leaves, ' and the perfect ending: 'Little is Known'. - Joan Gelfand, The Long Blue Room, Benicia Literary Arts (2014); development chair, Women's National Book Association The collection is written by a questioning, roving, interesting mind. It seeks out mysteries, wondering how things happen, why things are as they are. Daily epiphanies ripen into home-grown adages. - Sharon Chmielarz, The Widow's House: Poems, Brighthorse Books (2015), finalist for the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Smallwood is a skilled and thoughtful poet. Her work is a joy to read. - Eleanor Lerman, Strange Life, Mayapple Press (2014); recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry The poet draws the reader physically from the intimate elements of everyday life to the universe in which we live. - Aline Soules, librarian and professor, California State University, East Bay

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