As one poem in this debut collection notes: words exhale what has been inhaled. Rebecca Leet’s poetry demonstrates that she inhales both the common and the extraordinary in life - and exhales each with exquisite phrasing and uncommon insight. In a style distinct yet accessible, she brings out the elegance in everyday language. Living with the Doors Wide Open reveals a life lived lyrically - sometimes painful, sometimes playful, often mystical, always passionate and authentic. One poem finds profundity in the sad eyes of a woman running for President while another sees it in the timid tremor of a baby sparrow. Poetic lament of love and loss is sung in a forgiving voice. Throughout the collection runs a theme of the unity of all life and our opportunities for routine reverence; she posits as wordless prayer the sigh to see the moon full round … pause to seek the rainbow source. Living with the Doors Wide Open creates places where you find yourself - and feel better because you have.