WINNER OF THE 2016 BLUE LIGHT PRESS AWARD KB Ballentine\'s poetry embodies what James Wright called "the delicacy and strength of lace." Love and blues are her subjects, and she is faithful to them in lines that are firm yet fanciful, offering trellises with blooms in every season.
The Perfume of Leaving is a gift that each song gives b.
Perhaps this is the "season of want," but in KB\'s hands the season is plentiful; the poems regale and nurture us, croon and soothe.
WINNER OF THE 2016 BLUE LIGHT PRESS AWARD KB Ballentine\'s poetry embodies what James Wright called "the delicacy and strength of lace." Love and blues are her subjects, and she is faithful to them in lines that are firm yet fanciful, offering trellises with blooms in every season
