Out of Nowhere

By Lois Elaine Heckman

At long last, the best of Lois Elaine Heckman is now available in this new collection of poetry, Out of Nowhere. With astonishing finesse and insight, she's not just a master of all the most challenging forms (sonnets, cinquains, villanelle, fibonacci and haiku) but she fearlessly tackles the grittiest details of what it means to be human; to watch helplessly as a beloved mother fades from life, to realize that "there's nothing that can stop the pendulum", to allow someone else to define how we feel about ourselves, and to witness the betrayal of one's own body during the merciless aging process. But there are sweetly-comical moments here, too: the romance of a duck couple, the mumbling bumble bee, and the cocksure bantam rooster who doesn't know how small he is, so he assumes he's big. Nothing escapes the keen eye of Heckman as she coaxes Divinity out of every "now here" moment. If you only read one collection of poetry this year, Out of Nowhere is the one. ~ Boston Literary Magazine Out of Nowhere, the title of Lois Elaine Heckman's first book of poetry, is an homage to the mystery of inspiration, but the same words describe the thrill of discovering a new poet with perfect pitch for the human heart. Heckman is an "experienced" poet in two senses of the word. First, she crisply navigates the creative possibilities of villanelle, sonnet crown, ovillejo and other challenging poetic forms. Second, she is an unflinching guide to the cycle of life, transforming personal feelings, ideas, visions and memories into a universal language with a voice all its own. Sometimes pensive, sometimes funny, sometimes sly, Heckman is always surprising and wise. She might have come "out of nowhere," but this poetic celebration of inspiration confirms that Heckman is here to stay. ~ Barbara Cornell is a media adviser and journalist who has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615779468
• ISBN13: 9780615779461
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: White Violet Press
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"