Between Root and Sky: A Collection of Poems

by Alicia M. Rodriguez

186 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 16, 2026

About the author

Alicia M. Rodriguez is an award-winning Latina author of reflective nonfiction, memoir, and poetry exploring mindfulness, spirituality, personal growth, and conscious living.

Through lived experience and intimate storytelling, her work invites readers into presence, self-awareness, and meaning—especially during times of transition, grief, and inner transformation.

Known for a grounded, non-dogmatic voice, she blends contemplative insight with practical wisdom rather than prescriptive self-help.

An executive coach with over 20 years of global experience, Rodriguez has guided thousands of people in aligning their lives and work with what matters most.

Her books include Everyday Epiphanies (Editions 1 and 2), Manage Your Life Before Life Manages You, the poetry collection Between Root and Sky, and the award-winning memoir The Shaman’s Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery, winner of the 2024 International Book Awards for Narrative Nonfiction.

Her writing has appeared in Thrive Global, Tiny Buddha, Tiferet Journal, Medium, and other literary and mindfulness publications.

She lives in the Algarve, Portugal with her dog Sophie and her magic cat, Merlin.

Reviews

[Luis A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Between Root and Sky," a collection of poems by Alicia M. Rodriquez, is a book divided into three sections. Section one: On Love, Nature where many poems are about love but no love so much as sweet, but love that hurts or troubles us. Section two: On Longing, On Loss where the main theme is dead or something associated with it. Section three: On Mysticism, On dream and here God plays a part.
One can see through the poems that the happy and wonderful is not so much part of the book, but the side of life that makes us think and reflects. This is a book that deals with painful moments; moments that make us cry, think , ponder. There is no celebration of the easy life. Life can be hard, but we go on living for we have that will.
One finds the language accessible and the writing full of meaning and not difficult to grasp. A book to see life; what life is made of besides the good moments and the having fun. Read the book for what it offers that is to make us think or pause.

[Sheryl Chandler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am extremely grateful for coming across this book in the giveaways and entering. Thank you so much for giving me a copy (ebook) version. If I could give this 10 stars I would! This is an absolutely beautiful breathtaking read. Your words brought joy, laughter and some much needed inward thinking, which I appreciated it. Again I really cannot express how much I loved reading this collection. I look forward to reading more of your work and highly recommend this author.

[Bonne Sharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m in absolute awe of the incredible beauty of this book. I laughed, cried and fell into the flawless depths of her words. Thank you, for sharing this book with me and everyone who will read this book and be changed forever. Truly special to read. I can’t say enough about it. Just read it- it will connect with you in so many ways!!

[Treeznzzzs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this. I can really feel the author's emotions behind the words, as well as my own. Beautiful collection of very emotional and heartfelt poetry.