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Carol Shamon's poems in this collection have the luminous yet penetrating quality of truth. Her poems reveal the depths of motherhood, marriage, divorce, love, and self-knowledge. Reading these carefully crafted poems, we catch a glimpse of our own search for truth, seen more clearly through her unflinching eyes. In this cycle of poems, the author casts several theme lines: family, aging, prejudice, secrets and even magic. Shamon lets the reader in on the inner strength required to get through this life, and the return to one's source - Home, as it were.""I tell myself that I need to remember all I am"" guides Shamon's leap of faith into the unknown of multiple losses, each with their own sets of challenges, and the personal triumph of survival in which the reader will ultimately share.

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Carol Shamon's poems have the luminous yet penetrating quality of truth. Her poems reveal the depths of motherhood and marriage, love, and self-knowledge-each one a door, as she says, ""to those we have loved and feared."" Reading these carefully crafted poems, we catch a glimpse of our own search for truth, seen more clearly through her unflinching eyes. -Marcy Llamas Senese, PhD, Writing Consultant, The Perfect Pen It is thought that the word ""salmon"" is derived from the Latin salmo or salire, which means ""to leap""; in this cycle of poems, the author casts several theme lines: family, aging, prejudice, secrets and even magic, to name a few, so as to let the reader in on the inner strength required to get through this life, and the return to one's source-Home, as it were. ""I tell myself that I need to remember all I am"" guides Shamon's leap of faith into the unknown of multiple losses, each with their own sets of challenges, and the personal triumph of survival in which the reader will ultimately share. -Robt O'Sullivan, editor (San Diego Poetry Annual) and publisher (Escondido Arts Partnership's Summation anthologies) What a joy and privilege it is to read poet Carol Shamon's collection of poetry. The seeming simplicity of Shamon's words bring the reader to profound insights on life, death, and the dance we make that separates these two doors. Throughout these poems it's as if we, the reader, walk with her as we are introduced to important friends, family members and experiences along the way. She reveals in the most intimate, yet almost communal way, heartfelt details with her readers. Let us hope she brings more books forth for our emotional, poetic, and artistic pleasure. -Pat Andrus former Artist-In-Residence for the state of Washington, a long-time English instructor at Bellevue College, author of three collections of poetry, the most recent titled Fragments of the Universe (Blue Vortex Publishers)

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Carol Shamon is a writer and painter living in San Diego, CA. She's been a journal keeper and poet for most of her life. While in college she contributed to several publications including Colorado-North Review and Poetry-North Review. After college she attended The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics for two summers studying poetry with Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman.Her most recent poetry publications include the UK magazine Seedlings, The online publications Spillwords and RedRoseThorns, and the 2024 San Diego Poets Annual. She was an honorable mention in the 2023 Ocean-Earth-Air Art and Poetry book. She had three poems in the December 2023 issue of Summation. In 2022 she had two poems published in the book Relevant Poetry published by Irrelevant Press as well as two poems in the 2022 issue of Summation.In 2020 Irrelevant Press published her zine ""A Different More"" Creating and Embracing Change While Aging. The zine ""Oh The Water"" was published in the summer of 2023. She is currently working on her memoir ""The Decade House"".In what feels like another lifetime ago, she created and owned the successful Shamon Freitas talent agency for 35 years. She is the proud mama of three wonderful children and one spectacular granddaughter. She lives with her loving partnerDavid.

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