A Close Circle of Strangers: Poems for a Lonely Planet

A collection of poems from an award winning, Mississippi-based author and poet whose lyrical takes on all kinds of relationships are filled with tenderness, humor and insight. Parker, a former journalist, Harvard graduate and teacher, combines a playful wit, an ageless sense of wonder, and a skilled wordsmith's ability to turn a phrase, creating a wonderful compendium of character voices, all expressing their love, longing or loss of connection in beautiful and memorable ways.