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Solace: poems for the broken season
IN THE TENSION OF PULLING AWAY THERE IS SOLACE. Chris Wheeler's first collection of poetry digs deep into the peculiar grace of dark seasons with rich imagery and unflinching honesty. Illuminated by original art from artist Josie Koznarek, Wheeler’s verse suggests that brokenness bears healing and despair unearths hope. He leans into such tensions as pain, failure, and loneliness until they crack open, revealing what was always inside. And the marrow of it all is grace.
- GenresPoetry
106 pages, Hardcover
Published January 14, 2020
About the author
Chris Wheeler
1 book4 followersChris Wheeler is a writer and poet based out of Middlebury, IN. His nonfiction, liturgies, and poetry have been published in Barren, Fathom, Kingdoms in the Wild, Reformed Worship, Foundling House, and The Rabbit Room, among others. He lives with his wife and five children in his childhood home in Middlebury. Read more from him at chriswheelerwrites.com, or follow along on Instagram @chriswheelerwrites or @solacepoems.
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September 5, 2020
T.S. Eliot said, "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." That's true of this collection. Percy Shelley said, "Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar." That's also true of this collection. Rich imagery indeed (see the book description). At times, also unexpected. I enjoyed engaging all my senses for Wheeler's word paintings and contemplating their connections to deep longings and realities.
July 10, 2021
Chris Wheeler writes thoughtful poetry that captures the world and human experience with potent word pictures and penetrating honesty. Reading his poetry is an exercise in emotional, theological, and imaginative depth. Some poems brought me to tears, others to shock and awe. Occasionally there was even laughter or confusion. Each of them brought me deeper into my self, the world, and the divine.
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