“Indeed, the poet gives us a glimpse into the effort and hard work it takes to emerge from trauma. The last poem of the collection, “dichroic” she begins, is a stunning conclusion. Dichroic, according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is, “the property of some crystals and solutions of absorbing one of two plane-polarized components of transmitted light more strongly than the other,” and “the property of exhibiting different colors by reflected or transmitted light.” The poem transmits, reflects, and along the way, absorbs feelings, gathering all of us along the way. The poem opens with, “her story is my story is your story the axes we intersect, collide, /ruminate, devise.”Eleftherion opens a door through which you might find clues to her journey, to your journey, and answers to questions. gutter rainbows is for those of who desire to understand the power of poetry and healing and the journey we take as artists. To be present, to hold space with the poet as child and adult. Reading gutter rainbows is a profound experience, which will remain long after the book is closed.”

Gratitude to Margaret R. Sáraco for her insightful & moving review of gutter rainbows. Thanks so much to Margaret for her words, and thanks to Michelle Messina Reale, Chad Frame, and Jennifer Martelli at Ovunque Siamo for publishing and supporting my work. Grazie mille!

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