Riding the Wave Train

Poetry. "'I was the grand-daddy long- legs thrown / hard against the garage door today, / and I was the hand that threw it.' Thus concludes one of the most stunning poems in Rhonda Pettit's new collection RIDING THE WAVE TRAIN. These lines are a harbinger of Pettit's continuing theme—a metaphorical blurring of the line between self and other, the universal and the particular, the archetypal and the quotidian. As exquisitely structured as it is lyrically compelling, this book is a must have for lovers of fresh, original, insightful poetry."—Cathy Smith Bowers