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By Jessica Goody

safety Mechanisms contains seventy-five poems, often unfastened verse, deeply own confessional and narrative items which discover the general public conception of incapacity and the various points of residing with a handicap. those poems hide a large choice of subject material, together with a number of odes to the wonderful thing about nature, however the major subject matter is Hope--the conquer soreness and trauma and the resilience of the human spirit. The identify stems from the truth that approximately every thing of nature is a safeguard mechanism, a manner of dealing with existence and principally, survival.

Highly observant and deeply relocating, the seventy-five poems during this assortment from award-winning poet Jessica Goody make the most of issues of distinction and affinity to open vistas into the character of fact. no matter if describing the confines of an iron lung or the freedom of the open sea, her nuanced language supplies unforgettable photos of a global that holds extra questions than solutions. there's ache the following, and loss, but additionally pleasure and freedom during which the fetters of physicality turn into the capacity to discover what it skill to be absolutely human.

“This is powerful poetic paintings, with content material that's vital, very visible, and emotionally moving.”
—Bill Newby, poet

"Goody presents delicate observations of nature and the area round her.”
-Jan Henson Dow, Professor Emeritus at Western Connecticut kingdom University

“Defense Mechanisms is remarkable! remarkable stuff; so nuanced, so deep. i'm in awe of Goody’s accomplishments. Her views at the international and its numerous residents—some human, others not—are not anything wanting striking. She has nice presents of point of view, language, and emotion and profound wisdom of the human situation. I cheer—loudly and joyously—for her and her skills!”
—Harvey Trabb, co-author of September 19

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