After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events

Poet and editor Tom Lombardo brings together 115 poets from 15 nations with After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events. This brilliant collection bears messages of recovery to its readers from the raw beginnings to long-term acceptance, delivered through the language of poetry: Grief, War, Exile, Abuse, Divorce, Addiction, Injury, Illness, Bigotry, Loss of Innocence. After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events is filled with clarity of story, emotion, voice, music, and language, with hope that readers will find comfort, guidance, companionship, and healing.

• | Author: Tom Lombardo
• | Publisher: Press 53
• | Publication Date: Jul 23, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 390 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0981635407
• | ISBN-13: 9780981635408