Firmament

The poet is in touch with the spirit world in a way that is fresh and unusual. How many of us have at one time or another felt we were saved by grace but couldn't put into words our feeling of gratitude. She does this in Strange Grace. In the poem, mountain climbers in a dangerous circumstance are saved by inexplicable grace, not merely by skill or luck: "..but in this moment of clear, high light, as we study where we have been, we are awed by the other tracing in the snow, near to our steps , as if of wings. An outdoor person and seeker, I can relate to this sense of the miraculous. -- Barbara