Daughter of the Burning

By Brooke Axtell

Book Overview

Amidst the clamor of our world, Brooke Axtell draws us to an ethereal place where her words weave lyrically between promise and pain. She moves in the most intimate spaces with her reader, enticing us to taste and touch our frailty and strength. Exploring the themes of darkness and light, beauty from ashes, identity and destiny and the soul's quest for the transcendent, she encourages the reader toward the fullness of their design. With prophetic eyes, she sees us. We are left feeling naked but unashamed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595284639
• ISBN13: 9780595284634
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

enchanting

This woman could teach anyone to love poetry. Her work is fresh and brilliant. I can not put it down.

Glorious mystic tripped-out words of genuine beauty & truth

Brooke's poems remind of what William Blake would sound like if he was reincarnated as a woman today.I highly recommend this book.

a literary heavyweight

Just when I thought I was doomed to read poets who had died 50- 100 years ago, Brooke Axtell came along. Her poetry is phenomenal......socially aware without being preachy, hopeful without a menacing self-help subtext. In a world of self help books tailored to the pocket books of gen x and gen y'ers, Axtell's poetry has no "agenda". It is absolutely brilliant and well within the literary prowess of Plath, Nin and Dickinson. Her poetry speaks to the issues of "everywoman". I believe her words will be read for centuries to come.