Kirjahaku

Dancing on Thin Ice is a compilation of poems that were born into their own various styles and spoken through the author's voice based on experiences of the moment. In her straight-forward manner, Timbre Lynn speaks, without pretense, to the human condition of dealing with loss and love and lost love and learning that self-love is an act of gratitude. Speaking through images depicted of death and the restorative beauty that can come from death, she says of her first poetry collection sampler, "It is a societal norm to lie to oneself. We pretend those 'selfies' hold any resemblance to our actual selves -- after making fish faces into upheld cameras, after using spatulas to paint on or camouflage facial features of our choosing. This chapbook is me without makeup." In this chapbook, enjoy award-winning Cowboy Poetry in the first section, free or blank verse and even a sonnet in the second section: "Venus Lied," followed by a section of Christian lyrics and praise poems.

This story is an honest peek into the harried life of a twice-jilted single mom who resents being forced to leave her peaceful cabin to take a job in the city. She spends hours a day educating other people's kids but has no time for her own - or herself. After being abandoned by their dads, Kindra's children are consistently stood up for Visitation. This leaves all three of them wondering why they aren't worthy of a father's love. Hoping to fill that hole and need for validation, Kindra decides to take her son and daughter on scheduled "Visitations" herself. Despite stress-filled days as a teacher, difficult nights in a ghetto apartment, tragic events, and even a cheeky romantic encounter, Kindra finds that living a joyful life is a choice and the greatest expression of love she can give to her children and herself. "The unexpected appearance of an absentee parent is like a port-a-potty. You're relieved to see it, but the whole experience is bound to stink."