Soulful Poetry for Kindred Spirits

This is an inspiring, at times heart-stoppingly moving, courageous account:  by a mother, of the process of losing her only daughter, and of her slow journey of healing following that loss. Elizabeth Spring is an artist, an astrologer – and a poet. She is also, clearly, a lover of the natural world. It seems to this reader as though she has woven those profoundly spiritual connections – and her experiences of a long and creative life – into a many-hued tapestry celebrating both the profound sorrows and  compensating joys which come from living in this far from perfect world.

I love this book, being of an age myself where I understand that profound loss truly does present us with a stark choice: go under, insulate oneself from further pain, become diminished, bitter – or allow grief, no matter how slowly, to grow the Soul.

It is clear from this beautiful poetry sequence the choice Elizabeth Spring has made.

In her own words

“…it is no small thing 

to walk on the edge of sorrow

and to trust

that the tender green shoots

of grieving are growing 

my Soul.”

--
Anne Whitaker, author, professional therapist

These poems are poignant and often outrageously funny. Readers who like Mary Oliver and Billy Collins might find this a good read.