Into the Windfall Light - Paperback

by Carla Martin-Wood (Author)

Nine-time Pushcart Prize nominee Carla Martin-Wood boldly confronts loss in this latest collection of her moving and lyrical poems. Yet, the poet finds victory over sorrow and mourning through the learned art of uncovering beauty in mundane and unexpected places. Stunning imagery, a tapestry of dark and light. A must-read!

Author Biography

Nine times nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Carla Martin-Wood is the author of the recently released Into the Windfall Light from The Pink Petticoat Press. She is also the author of Flight Risk & Other Poems, How we are loved, Songs from the Web [encore], and One flew east, all from Fortunate Childe Publications. She has authored seven chapbooks: Songs from the Web (Bitter Wine Press); Garden of Regret and Redheaded Stepchild (both Pudding House Chapbook Series); Feed Sack Majesty, HerStory, and The Last Magick and Other Poems (all Fortunate Childe Publications); and Absinthe & Valentines (Flutter Press). A copy of Carla's chapbook, Garden of Regret, resides in the Special Collections & University Archives at Stanford University, contributed by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Carla's poems have appeared in a plethora of journals and numerous anthologies in the US, England, and Ireland since 1978. Carla is Copy Director of an advertising agency. She has three magnificent granddaughters: Sarah, Erica, and Caeli Grace, in order of appearance. Carla was nominated for Best of the Net 2010 and 2011, and is listed in the Poets & Writers Directory at www.pw.org.