PRAISE FOR POETRY BY SAMANTHA TERRELL
Samantha L. Terrell is a voice of reason. In amongst all the chaos in
one of history’s most turbulent moments for decades,
she makes absolute sense.
-Stephen J. Alexander, Author & Literary Reviewer
one of history’s most turbulent moments for decades,
she makes absolute sense.
-Stephen J. Alexander, Author & Literary Reviewer
"Samantha Terrell’s Confronting the Elements is an invitation to gentleness and a scream against the follies of a doom-courting era. The poems flow with punch and purpose, tell us of hands bound behind backs while
the well-oiled,
Political machine in its smug glory
Moves on.
The collection is enriched throughout by the artwork of Jane Cornwell, created as a direct response to the words on the page. In the case of Terrell’s poem Circular Thinking, Cornwell’s industrial painting Ineous, Grangemouth serves to strongly accentuate the sense of urgency conjured.
A tree
Does not fear for a
Lack of leaves
There is a holistic cohesiveness to the book, as demonstrated by the mantra-like Debunking Destiny and the continuation of its calm assuredness through Pine Cone Prophecies and into the rolling rhythm and rhyme of Latency, which made this reader think of water gently trickling down a mountain stream.
Confronting the Elements is impressive not only for its unflinching outspokenness, but also for those moments of serenity, cradling and fortifying all who read for the turbulence yet to come."
the well-oiled,
Political machine in its smug glory
Moves on.
The collection is enriched throughout by the artwork of Jane Cornwell, created as a direct response to the words on the page. In the case of Terrell’s poem Circular Thinking, Cornwell’s industrial painting Ineous, Grangemouth serves to strongly accentuate the sense of urgency conjured.
A tree
Does not fear for a
Lack of leaves
There is a holistic cohesiveness to the book, as demonstrated by the mantra-like Debunking Destiny and the continuation of its calm assuredness through Pine Cone Prophecies and into the rolling rhythm and rhyme of Latency, which made this reader think of water gently trickling down a mountain stream.
Confronting the Elements is impressive not only for its unflinching outspokenness, but also for those moments of serenity, cradling and fortifying all who read for the turbulence yet to come."
Video review generously provided by Alan Parry of Broken Spine Arts (UK)
