Moments of Color and Cloud

By Gloria Heffernan

Poet Gloria Heffernan didn't know she was starting to write a book when she wrote the poem "Moments of Color and Cloud." She didn't know that this poem would be a threshold into the complex landscape of aging. What followed were poems about loved ones for whom aging was a continued ripening into wisdom and fulfillment; poems about friends who were struggling with illness, isolation, and loss; poems about the joys and anxieties of her own aging process. Moments of Color and Cloud is neither a book about the despair and decay of aging nor a fairy tale about the joy of the golden years. Aging encompasses a wide variety of elements and is defined by a full spectrum of both color and cloud. This book explores the process of growing older in all its richness, difficulty, messiness, and beauty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1962082989
• ISBN13: 9781962082983
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Shanti Arts LLC
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"