In her new book, Grieving With Poetry- A Journey to the Soul (Sun Rising Poetry Press, Mar 2004), acclaimed poet Anastasia Clark (Moore),a former Poet-In-Residence for Framingham, MA (1977-78),now living in Miramar, FL, shares her journey to the soul with readers- and they come away from the experience weeping. Clark shares her intimate journal entries and poems written after the death of her parents. The work is a bird’s eye view of the grieving process as the poet transcends reality and finds herself writing about the unthinkable: death. Death at her front door.

The book begins with, “ Hi Ma, I wish we could call you…” and grips the reader from there. The poetry is some of her best work and is packed with unforgettable imagery, raw pain, and gut-wrenching themes. In “The Christmas Chair,” she aptly forges the haunting image of a family’s first holiday without their mother- likening them to hungry kittens on a winter porch. In “Funeral for My Father,” she heads straight to his cemetery plot and reacts to the stark vision of a pile of flowers on his fresh grave.

Grieving With Poetry is Clark in her deepest hour, with a mighty pen to chronicle her Journey To The Soul through a series of surreal poems. She takes readers on a tearful journey that proves to be both healing and cathartic.

Clark’s other two books, Bloodsongs-Poetry for Those Who Know of Being Woman and Skeletons and Other Complaints will be released later this year by The Sun Rising Poetry Press.

Contact the author or Donette Smock at The Sun Rising Poetry Press (816-232-3985), St. Joseph, MO for more details.