The White Poems, by Barbara Crooker
First Printing: June 2001
32 pages
$7.00

Petals, snow, cells, zero, blank paper, milk, the moon, bones, hospital bed sheets, lace, stars,… Barbara Crooker’s “white poems” express the heartfelt knowledge that was given to her by a dear friend, through that friend’s two years of suffering, and then death, from breast cancer. The cycle of nature, in garden, landscape, and sky provided the actions and images for understanding the horror of the disease, the value of her friend, the wonder of life that brings both joy and desperation, and the perspective that is given us by loss.

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Thank you for your order. Barnwood is a nonprofit organization, publishing excellent contemporary poetry. For more information: www.barnwoodpress.org. The White Poems has been published with support from The Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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