Inside the Heart of the Tornado

By Lisanne D'Andrea-Winslow

Book Description

The poetics found Inside the Heart of Tornado travel through the uncharted journey of grief. Explored sequentially, these poems will move you through the expansive gulf of loss into the emerging light of life. This volume of poetry gives voice to the human experience by slowly congealing order out of chaos while capturing the transformative progression from brokenness into healing. In that sense, the collection of poems in this book becomes a work of art, a sculpture representing the contours and textures of navigating the unpredictable terrain of the soul in sorrow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483608938

Lisanne D'Andrea-Winslow

About the Author Dr. Lisanne D’Andrea-Winslow is full-professor and Chair of the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN. Inside the Heart of Tornado is the second book in a trilogy chronicling her grief journey after the death of her husband. This is Dr. Winslow’s eighth collection of poetry. She currently lives in Bayport, MN with her daughters Arianna and Sophia.

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Copyright © 2013 by Lisanne D’Andrea-Winslow Ph. D.

Cover design: Lisanne D’Andrea-Winslow and Luciana Duce-Dugan

Author Photo Back Cover: by Jordan Alexander Madson

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4836-0892-1

                Ebook           978-1-4836-0893-8

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Cover Art: Taken from the original charcoal painting, Winds of Change by Luciana Duce-Dugan, MFA, copyright 2011, Prayerful Images, Deerfield Beach, FL. By Permission

Rev. date: 03/14/2013

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Table of Contents

Grief #1

Grief #2

Grief #2.5

Grief #3

Grief #4

Grief #5

Grief #6

Grief #7

Grief #9

Grief #10

Grief #11

Grief #12

Grief #13

Grief #14

Grief #15

Grief #15.5

Grief #16

Grief #17

Grief #18

Grief #19

Grief #20

Grief #20.5

Grief #21

Grief #21.5

Grief #22

Grief #23

Grief #24

Grief #25

Grief #26

Grief #26.5

Grief #27

Grief #28

Grief #29

Grief #30

Grief #31

Grief #32

Grief #33

Grief #34

Grief #35

Grief #36

Grief #37

Grief #38

Grief #39

Grief #40

Grief #41

Grief #42

Grief #42.5

Grief #43

Grief #44

Grief #45

Grief #45.5

Grief #46

Grief #47

Grief #48

Grief #49

Grief #50

Grief #50.5

Grief #51

Grief #52

Grief #52.5

Grief #53

Grief #54

Grief #55

Grief #56

Grief #56.5

Grief #57

Grief #58

Grief #59

Grief #60

Grief #61

Grief #62

Grief #63

Grief #64

Grief #65

Grief #66

Grief #67

Grief #68

Grief #69

Grief #70

Grief #71

Grief #72

Grief #73

Grief #73.5

Grief #74

Grief #75

Grief #76

Grief #77

Grief #78

Grief #79

Grief #80

Grief #81

Grief #82

Grief #83

Grief #84

Grief #84.5

Grief #85

Grief #86

Grief #87

Grief #88

Grief #89

Grief #90

Grief #91

Grief #92

Grief #93

Grief #94

Grief #95

Grief #96

Grief #96.5

Grief #97

Grief #98

Grief #99

Grief #100

Grief #101

Grief #102

Grief #103

Grief #104

Grief #105

Grief #106

Grief #107

Grief #108

Grief #109

Grief #109.5

Grief #110

Grief #110.5

Grief #111

Grief #112

Grief #113

Grief #114

Grief #115

Grief #116

Grief #117

Grief #117.5

Grief #118

Grief #119

Grief #120

Grief #121

Grief #122

Grief #123

Grief #124

Grief #125

Grief #126

Grief #127

Grief #128

Grief #129

Grief #130

Grief #131

Grief #132

Grief #133

Grief #134

Grief #135

Grief #136

Grief #137

Grief #138

Grief #139

Grief #140

Grief #141

Grief #142

Grief #143

Grief #144

Grief #145

Grief #146

Grief #147

Grief #148

Grief #148.5

Grief #149

Grief #150

Grief #151

Grief #152

Grief #153

Grief #154

Grief #154.5

Grief #155

Grief #156

Grief #157

Grief #158

Grief #159

Grief #160

Grief #161

Grief #162

Grief #163

Grief #164

Grief #165

Grief #166

Grief #167

Grief #168

Grief #168.5

Grief #169

Grief #170

Grief #171

Grief #172

Grief #173

Grief #174

Grief #175

Grief #176

Grief #177

Grief #178

Grief #179

Grief #180

Grief #181

Grief #182

Grief #183

Grief #184

Grief #185

Grief #186

Grief #187

Grief #188

Grief #189

Grief #190

Grief #191

Grief #192

Grief #193

Grief #194

Grief #195

Grief #196

Grief #197

Grief #198

Grief #199

Grief #200

Grief #201

Grief #202

Grief #203

Grief #204

Grief #205

Grief #206

Grief #207

Grief #208

Grief #209

Grief #210

Grief #211

Grief #212

Grief #213

Grief #214

Grief #215

Grief #216

Grief #217

Psalm 10:14, 17-18

Denouement

Dedicated to my two best friends, my daughters,

companions on this journey of laughter and love, grief and loss

Arianna and Sophia

The old year still torments our hearts, unhastening:

the long days of sorrow still endure.

Father, grant to the soul that thou hast been chastening

that thou hast promised—the healing and the cure.

Should it be ours to drain the cup of grieving

even to the dregs of pain at thy command,

we will not falter, thankfully receiving

all that is given by thy loving hand.

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

from New Year, 1945

Grief #1

I tell myself

this is grief

as I look out the

living room window,

wind is blowing my

apple trees, branches

waving and flailing

like flexible drinking straws,

the rain, an angry torrent.

Anger

Is that what I feel?

Conflicting feelings in a

confused whorl wind, like