Shannon Rooney

Dissolve: and Other Poems Shannon Rooney

Publisher Marketing: This collection of sensitive and lyrical poetry by Shannon Rooney provides the reader with a rare opportunity to share her deep connection with the wonders of the ruggedly beautiful natural region where she came of age. As Shannon is called by the Trinity wilds, so will the reader be drawn to revisit these poems often, to share the range of emotion and connection to place that runs, like a chord, through each of them. From Susan Wooldridge, author, poemcrazy: freeing your life with words "The lovely and inspiring words in Dissolve rise up, we sense, from somewhere deep within Shannon Rooney, like a spring coming into light from a hallowed place deep in the forest. Her poetry is grounded in her "dissolve" back into the "welcoming hills/ dependable fortress/ of granite/ sunning itself/ for a thousand years" where the poet has her roots. The poems are playful as well as quiet and profound. We experience the poet healing, becoming one with the creatures, trees, earth, and turning of seasons. These are generous poems about letting go of the smaller, domestic self and venturing into a wilder, larger realm of transfiguration. Here muses a woman who is "out beyond where house cats stop and coyotes begin," and the reader meets a "lost girl gone wilder/ tame woman grown bolder/ downed spirit flown higher." These are poems of a coming-of-age and coming-to-terms with self. The gently inviting nature of Shannon's words carry us with her into the "peace that comes/ from knowing you see me/ as whole and right." Shannon Rooney, thank you. In these pages, "you" is both personal lover and welcomed reader, visiting beautifully rendered love poems to the world-a blessing. Enjoy."