SUDDEN SHADOWS 21 Poems of Love and Loss

Sudden Shadows is poetry of the unexpected, meditations on loss, love, faith, transformation, and resilience. Written after the death of the author's wife - and the heart attack he suffered several months later - these 21 poems are both personal and universal, poignant and sometimes playful, on subjects ranging from the aftermath of a devastating hurricane to the lessons a father left his son to the sudden death of a childhood friend. Although they often explore the shadowlands of human nature, they are poems that leave the reader with a sense of hope, as in the collection's closing words: "Reminding us, if only briefly, what we started with. What we have left: a lifetime."