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This is an example of a poet writing with her natural voice.

Many young poets try to write like their favorite writer; and when the do that they lose the originality that makes their voice have true music in their words.

"Tear Stained letter" is a genuine example of how important it is to keep your own voice natural and uncorrupted.

It's a poem about the author losing her brother to war and getting that feared knock on the door.

Letting her own voice and life lose on that event gives that poem real power for those of us who have been in the military or have relatives serving.

That poem landed; and it landed deep because the voice of the poet was unleashed natural and uncorrupted.

And you know it's genuine because she uses real colloquial speech in all the poems before that one at the end of the book.

This is a photograph of a soul. You almost think you know her when you read this book.