WHISPERS OF THE SOUL ...SOMETIMES GENTLE ...SOMETIMES FIERCE A collection of poems that range from expressions of gratitude for the gifts of nature, to musings about aging and the fragility of life, to insights about women's issues and concerns, to observations about the complexities of family dynamics, to reflections about writing and therapy. Spindrift Leftovers Two Sides An Old Story Therapy? For Elizabeth A Lesson Learned Sunday Morning Song at a Small Chapel The Interview "Does it Still Bother You?" He Asks A Morning in Arizona Neglecting the Feminine Or Else Options A Day Why Early Morning Kindness Two Daughters Enough? A Woman's Way Turning Fifty Living with Breast Cancer A Cautionary Tale A Young Boy A New Year A Dream of Becoming Age Spots For Linda Easter Ordinary Time Drawing a Rune: Protection Reversed The New Year Cold The Search The Patriarchy Dream Words Me and the Grands Warnings What Will It Take? Violation, According to Margeaux Words A Gathering of Women Little Deaths They Call it Transference Flattened Choices A Little Too Close How Many? Full Speaking of Fairy Godmothers Reasonable Limits Soul Play An Inner Guide The Cancer of Silence Getting a Mammogram Writing A Woman of the Patriarchy Wording the Process December The Seduction of Order Green for Healing The Web Rich The Journey