Knocking from the Inside

KNOCKING FROM THE INSIDE is a story in poetry of middle age reigniting one woman’s desire to wake up spiritually amid the chaotic busyness of family and work, love and pain, life and death. If it seems a mystery is hiding in plain sight in these poems, it is. It is Grace. Like a field biologist in camouflage, she steals through the vast territories of a woman’s heart, capturing its steady rhythm on the page. -HEATHER MURPHY

From the deepest depths to the farthest reaches of a woman’s body, heart, spirit, and soul, Patricia taps into and brings forth a universal story of Woman. As I read her poems, and experience their essence, I feel as though I’m reading my own autobiography-although I did not write it. I keep her book by my bedside for when I need inspiration, a sense of direction, a different way of looking at things, or just for sheer pleasure. -JUDY A. WELLS

Patricia Florin’s poems open our senses to scenes and thoughts of another person’s life, lifting the veil of privacy and secrets in a charming way. Her words conjure a life rich in experiences, humor, and conflicts that connect and relate to our shared humanity. Reading these messages from inside out and outside in, whichever way, the funhouse mirrors pleasantly refract and bring into focus the value in being present in the moment and not regretting the past. -GABRIELLA EAGLESOME