Howling at the Dark Side of the Moon (Paperback)

Dianne Miller's poetry find its way between idealism and harsh reality with amazing deftnes. As well, she celebrates daily life with the wonderful forthrightness we find in writers like Sandburg and Masters. Ronald H. BayesWriter in ResidenceSt. Andrews CollegeLaurinberg, North CarolinaIt is inevitable, the coming of age, when expectations and illusions, desire and idealism collide with reality. This happens to us all, and by and large we get through it. Often it takes a lifetime, and always it hurts. But some of us get through it differently, gifted with the poet's voice, which is a gift for us all.When she finds herself feeling life with a wolfish heart, what does the poet do? She sings, "Mournful praise, songs of love, and singing just to sing, because she is alive."When she is visited in dream by the ghost of a long-forgotten lover demanding, "We need to talk " What does the poet do? She remembers the joy of love and the pain of disappointment, bitterness, and loss. She howls at the dark side of the Moon as she journeys on the path of grief, the only before her-the road to life.Through it all, she still has a life and celebrates it. Yet even when the tone is light, the matter is weighty. These are poems of a life worth living in a world worth loving-the voice of a poet worth knowing. --Samuel Miller, husband and friend