Firebird

by Ben Ditmars

Explore the poem series Firebird as it takes a journey through the trials and tribulations of three generations of women: Leanne, her daughter Odyssey, and granddaughter Phoenix.

52 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 26, 2022

About the author

Ben Ditmars was first published in his college publications the Cornfield Review and KAPOW and has since been featured in several online literary journals. He is the author of six poetry books including Night Poems, Haiku in the Night, Inhale the Night, Sleeping with Earth, Number Poetry and Splinters with Susie Clevenger. He lives in Ohio with his wife, De’Garrica, and dachshund, Elsa.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

This poetry book is different from this poets usual work, and I loved it. I think the characters are why. The generational poetic story draws you in totally!! You know you’ve know people like this. Sometimes things change and sometimes things stay the same. This dysfunctional family didn’t change much throughout three generations. The same as some things in our world today with people. This poet has a way with reality and writing from his soul to tell what he feels about certain subjects in life. It always shows in his work! He’s truly great at his craft! When I closed this book I couldn’t stop thinking about these ladies, what could’ve been done by any one of them to change the path for others in their family to succeed in life and change the path of their futures in a world as it is today.
Take a chance and download and read this poetic story you’ll see what I mean!