When Our World Was Whole

by Elizabeth Weir

As the title suggests, wholeness-and a search for wholeness-informs Elizabeth Weir's perceptive poetry. Her explorations open with the well of childhood in a time of scarcity: meals of mashed parsnips and a sense of "the weight of limited possibility"- worries offset by the comforts of home. Weir resists limits, as she starts a career, emigrates, travels and responds to the pressures of the pandemic and George Floyd's murder. Throughout, Weir stays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639802312
• ISBN13: 9781639802319
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Kelsay Books
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"