Joan Goodreau

Where to Next? Joan Goodreau

Joan Goodreau's new collection of poems takes us on a journey through the challenges of our times. Where to Next? looks at the personal effects of California wildfires, the Corona pandemic and life on the Autism Spectrum."I see you through a mask of smoke/ the outlines of your life blurred."These realities are balanced by poems about the bonds of love between generations and the memories from lovers like a war vet, mermaid, and a friend with Alzheimer's. This collection ends with poems about grace: "a white feather...a parachute of hope" found in a nursing facility, monastery, cancer center, and family gathering that carries and strengthens us to ask Where to Next?