<p>The poems in <em>The Work<\/em> engage with the work of love and loss and the hope that we might somehow learn to carry our portion of grief. Simmers writes of churning in an accumulation of losses\u0096the sudden death of her father, the descent of her mother into dementia, her sister-in-law\u2019s terminal illness\u0096and of the work of slowly making wholeness out of brokenness. Her writing fosters a vulnerability and wit that sidestep easier tropes, a reminder that healing often comes through saying \u201cHello\u201d and \u201cYes\u201d; a realization that \u201call this noticing \/ was love.\u201d <p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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