In Loving Memory

by Roxanne Hoffman, Edward Odwitt (Illustrator)

"IN LOVING MEMORY is an elegant, elegiac poem by Roxanne Hoffman, illustrated by Edward Odwitt in a style reminiscent of classic Edward Gorey. This somber, tender and darkly ironic verse is about the ceremonies of death and grieving...as well as their parallels to the rituals of abiding love and remembrance. IN LOVING MEMORY should be on everyone's shelves as it reflects on one of the darkest human experiences with insight and humanity in a charmingly gothic presentation."—Garth von Buchholz, Author, publisher and member of the National Book Critics' Circle"Roxanne Hoffman has been a whirlwind of poetics for some time now. IN LOVING MEMORY is not only a worthy addition to her oeuvre but an original, deeply human—and warmly humane—vision of the rites of final passage. Of course there is trauma, that of irreconcilable loss, but here Roxanne brings the full coin of her poetic mind to bear. In sustained elegiacal rhyme she paints a methodically wrought landscape that is beautifully subjective yet utterly universal. The portraiture is further enriched by the stark, almost child-like illustrations of Edward Odwitt. The sum effort is a melodic, imaginative riposte to the reverberations of loss, a moment heartbreakingly, heartwarmingly wrought into poetry." —Adam Henry Carriere, Publisher of "Danse Macabre"

24 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2011

About the author

Roxanne Hoffman worked on Wall Street, now answers a patient hotline. Her words can be found in cyberspace ("IndieFeed: Performance Poetry," "Pedestal Magazine," "New Verse News"); set to music (David Morneau’s "Love Songs"); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick "Love and the Vampire"); in print ("The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates" (Soft Skull Press), "It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure" (Harper Perennial). She and Jack Cooper run Poets Wear Prada. Her elegiac poem "In Loving Memory," illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released in 2011.