Poetry and Prose by Barbara West
168 pp + soft cover. Perfect bound.
Photo Illustrations by Mike Aviña
$17.00
Cold River Press has SOLD OUT, but you can purchase a copy directly from me. Email nstreetbarbara@hotmail.com
You can also purchase a copy at any of these three independent bookstores:
Time Tested Books Sacramento
Avid Reader Davis
Avid Reader Sacramento
REVIEWS
Waiting for an authentic voice can take a long time. Barbara West’s voice is clear, well-spoken and incisive. There is a clarity in her consciousness that allows a lovely poetry to come though her carefully crafted words. There isn’t a trace of the unnecessary here. The feelings are deep, raw and accessible to all readers. You must slow yourself to enjoy the words, as good poetry requires.
— D.R. Wagner – Author of Love Poems, Night Market
and The Generation Of Forms Poet, Musician and Visual Artist
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Barbara West’s syntax creates smooth, skillful surfaces; feeling they are in the hands of good writer, a reader can relax. That would be a mistake, for these works contain gaps, halts, pivots and shocks that drive them quite deep. A reader could go along there, too.
— David Schneider, author of Street Zen and Crowded by Beauty
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Barbara’s book of poetry and prose offers readers a glimpse at the soul of this woman, this mother, this nurse. Her vulnerability, honesty, tenderness, and contemplation into the ordinary is extraordinary.
— Linda Honan PhD, APRN Professor, Yale School of Nursing
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The poetry is rich. The language flows beautifully and naturally, and takes the reader to unexpected insights and images. Like all good work, it rewards repeated readings.
— Steve Kinzie, Songwriter and Musician
Barbara West 