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These poems are an exploration of the human condition through the lens of a mental health therapist and soul-explorer. They invite us to reclaim ourselves and celebrate times of turmoil. In Maureen Sandra Kane’s collection, the ordinary reveals the extraordinary through life-affirming paradoxes where light is found in the darkness, and unseen connections carry us all.

Maureen's work has appeared in numerous book anthologies and journals. She is a Sue Boynton Poetry Walk Award winner. Her previous book of poems is The Phoenix Requires Ashes: Poems for the Journey. Her workbook A Guide Back to You: A workbook for exploring who you are and staying true to yourself is a Chanticleer International Books Awards First Place category winner.  

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“Maureen’s poems hum with the power of transmutation—small moments elevated to miracles, new narratives unearthed from the mysterious shadows, pain held and transformed by connection and “the deepest listening.” Each moment, a sacred reframing. Maureen offers the sensitivity and wisdom of a therapist with the vision and heart of a poet as she invites us into our own inner retreats of the soul.”
–Courtney Putnam, MFA, MA. Therapist and author of Body Cards: Insight from the Body, Wisdom for the Soul

“Maureen Kane’s brilliance shines in her reflective word choice, galvanizing imagery, and her poetry’s revelation of life-affirming paradoxes. In her poems, the ordinary reveals the extraordinary; fear can save; healing is an individual, personal event; poetry’s words give us worlds; crones are vibrant and fertile; sacred ground is found in fire; the world needs us and our blessings; a love poem weaves two lives into one protective cloak; mystery is a mystery. These poems reassure us that within a mundane moment awaits the rebirth of strength and perseverance in resurging beauty — we just need another way of seeing to unlock this life puzzle. Kane’s poems provide those visionary keys.”
–Mary Dezember, PhD
Author of Earth-Marked Like You and Still Howling

“These eloquent poems illuminate every aspect of the human experience, from mundane to fantastical, and trace the connections that bind us to each other and to the world around us. Maureen Kane's insight and imagery are exquisite.”
–Sandra Parshall Author of the Rachel Goddard Mysteries

“What a nurturing timelessness it’s been immersing myself in these pages of exquisite mycelium poetry! Maureen Sandra Kane sums it up in these few words: “a wordless language emerges, tasteable, not speakable”. Thank you, Maureen. Thank you for allowing me to taste the unspeakable.”
–Rashani Réa, author of Beyond Brokenness, Beneath All Appearances: an unwavering peace and Hollowed by Grief, Hallowed by Grace

“This collection is a shimmering conversation between poetry and mystery. The poems are fingers of light that almost touch—with profound longing—both the face of the Unnamable and the world’s heart. Their caress of the trembling air is life-affirming. Life-giving. Life-unfolding. Let them embrace you. Let them nudge you open.”
–Phyllis Cole-Dai, co-editor, Poetry of Presence anthologies