Artist/Illustrator, Ashely Teets
Praises for PIVOT:
READERS' FAVORITE 5-STAR REVIEW (READ FULL REVIEW HERE)
Excerpt:
"From the pen of seasoned poet Debbie Richard comes Pivot, her new anthology of poetry presenting domestic themes that reflect the significance of being human...moments are captured and preserved in time like a photograph using words...She has a profound way of looking at what most of us have forgotten to appreciate."
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Author, Debbie Richard
“Debbie Richard, in her poems, poignantly observes the values and needs, the pains and joys,
in the human and natural worlds. She meshes all with the spiritual, her appreciation showered
with grace, honesty, and love, and, finally, acceptance of what she cannot change.
I love her poems.”
~DAVID SELBY , renowned actor and author of My Mother’s Autumn and Promises of Love.
"...This volume has been tastefully enhanced with beautiful illustrations, which adds to the
pleasure and flow of the book, which has been a captivating read...”
~SALLY ARANGO RENATA, writer and folk-artist, has been published in a number of venues
including six anthologies, is twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, and was named Poetry Fellow
2009-2010 by SC Arts Commission.
PIVOT released by Adelaide Books of New York, January 2019
"Debbie Richard explores the beauty and honesty of love, regret, loss and the feelings that
come after all of it. There is a delicacy and maturity in her frankness."
~CARRIE McCULLOUGH JENKINS, freelance editor/publishing consultant
"...Delicately written and illustrated, these short poems are truly gifts from the heart..."
~CYNTHIA HODELL DYER, Poet and Songwriter; Past President of S.C. Writers Workshop;
Founding Director, Long Bay Threshold Singers