Quantum Singularity is a voyage through time and space. This poetic journey crosses oceans, traverses other realms, gets lost in the past, and disappears into the future. Choose the right path; the path that leads to the corner of Cosmos and Infinity, and the way will never be lost.
Quantum Singularity: A Poetic Voyage Through Time and Space is unlike any book of poetry I’ve read. Each section or phase is summed up with a physics term. From accretion to event horizon, there are nuggets of truth, disappointment, everywoman knowledge and a sprinkling of felines.
In “Treasure Hunt,” Croft talks about “the luxury of sorrow” using colors that “cast no shadows.” Appropriate for the season is “A Letter to My Something More.” In it, she discusses how the media models our expected behavior, “’Tis the season to be thankful even if it’s artificial.” But, is that what the verse is really about? You decide.
Much as in life, there is pain and revulsion. “Evolution” is a powerful piece: “… the thousand hands/grabbing my ass/a pretty dress worn why?” Most women have experienced this trauma and wondered why they even bothered to be pretty. What was the point? “Wish List” expands on disappointment, “Draw me a map to a better life … Because dreams and hopes are not enough.”
See if you recognize your life in these pages. Like all good writers, Croft takes us places we haven’t been and brings meaning where we didn’t expect it.
Quantum Singularity: A Poetic Voyage Through Time and Space by Willow Croft is a marvelous collection of poems. I finished the book in one sitting, then reread each poem again, discovering greater significance. Ms. Croft starts each section of the book with definitions of Quantum Theory. Concepts. Accretion, Luminosity, Quantum Theory, Entanglement, Singularity, Parity, Stationary Limit, Event Horizon. Though the collection has nothing to do with Quantum theory or time travel, the poems read with rapidity as though traveling through time and space. Ms. Croft’s poetry touches on many topics. First love. Self-discovery. The reality of present-day society, and more. Just a simple line conjures vivid imagery. If you love poetry, check out Ms. Croft’s Quantum Singularity.