In a time of inflated posturing and relentless self-promotion, Kari Gunter-Seymour\'s Poems offer quiet intensity.
There is specific cultural musicality of language and line, a strong sense of observation, giving readers a renewed sense of understanding and discovery of today\'s Appalachian woman..
Each poem is earthy and rich, filled with imagery, exploring beyond the boundaries of feminism, science, and spirituality.
Here, relationship issues, trauma and disappointment are transformed into a journey of revelation, a testament to the complexity and power of love even as it contends with circumstances beyond its control.
Her work speaks to a knowing that as the threads of our lives unravel, so too, gifts materialize.
It takes readers outside and indoors, into the world and into bodies and minds, a foray into the tangled bonds of family, weighted with memories.
More than merely commenting, Gunter-Seymour\'s work searches for meaning.
The work is firmly and unapologetically attached to the poet\'s home soil.
Her work provides a refuge where one\'s curiosity, intelligence, and awareness of the complexities of contemporary Appalachian female culture and the struggle to hold on to old ways while embracing the new, take shape.
In a time of inflated posturing and relentless self-promotion, Kari Gunter-Seymour\'s Poems offer quiet intensity
