Shards Of Crystal

by Fern G Z Carr

Overview

Shards of Crystal is an eloguent, emotional, and moving book of poetry written straight from the soul. Creativity shines throughout, especially in the poems "Cool Jazz"; :Rx" and Death Wish. An undertow of grief and sorrow is eased with remembering the joy of moments past and the hope for moments to come. This is a book of hope and renewal and a lens on the resilience of the human spirit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927616963
Publisher:	Silver Bow Publishing
Publication date:	11/04/2023
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

FERN G. Z. CARR is a former lawyer, teacher and past President of both the local branch of the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Project Literacy Kelowna Society. She is a Full Member of the League of Canadian Poets and has served as the League's Poet-in-Residence mentoring young writers. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Carr composes and translates poetry in six languages including Mandarin Chinese. Carr's poetry has been published extensively Carr has won national and international poetry contests such as: NASA's Going to Mars Contest; Carr was deeply honoured to have had Pierre DesRuisseaux, a former Parliamentary Poet Laureate, select her poem, "I Am", as Poem of the Month for Canada. Her ultimate honour though was having been one of the winners of NASA's Going to Mars Contest with one of her poems currently orbiting the planet Mars aboard NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.