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The stark beauty of the winter tree is a strong metaphor for this collection of contemporary poems that explores the themes of aging, divorce, cancer, and loss with raw honesty; yet also celebrates the elegance and healing we find in the natural world.
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Shirley Van Cleef Sullivan
Shirley Van Cleef Sullivan has been a trail cook in the Rockies, a student of French clowning, and a classical singer. She has studied the work of Carl Jung for more than 20 years and is a leader with the Guild for Sacred Studies. She was an editor of HeartLodge, and a participant in Braided Lives, a collaboration between painters and poets. Her poems have appeared in several journals, including Pilgrimage, Psychological Perspectives, Tiger's Eye, and Sow's Ear. A New Englander by birth, she has lived in Colorado most of her adult life.
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