Testimonials

Like a Szymborska from Minnesota, Shirley Wilsey writes with humor and humanity about the pains and pleasures of life. Moving from the happy accidents of childhood through the flights and chills of the present to the epiphanies of old age and death, this poet dances us through with grace—always shining her light on the “…bits of colored glass / In God’s kaleidoscope” that make up the shifting patterns of our days. Trust Wilsey. She lays out her poems with skill and welcome clarity, and reading this collection is a reminder that “Though each of us is / Painfully alone / We’re all in this together.”

     — J Diego Frey, author of “The Year the Eggs Cracked”