Rising, Falling, All of Us: New & Collected Poems - Paperback

by Thelma T. Reyna (Author)

A collection of poems presenting a gallery of people you know or would want to know: some real and famous, some infamous, some mythical, and many others like those we encounter in our daily lives. Reyna, an award-winning writer, presents the Pope, poets, soldiers, killers, lovers, immigrants, celebrities, the mentally ill, artists, and more. She shows us the human side of everyone in vivid verbal snapshots that grab us and leave us thinking long afterward.

Author Biography

Thelma T. Reyna, Ph.D., is a national award-winning author of four books, including a short story collection and three poetry books. Her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction have been published in anthologies, textbooks, literary journals, literary magazines, websites, and other print and online media for over 20 years. She is Poet Laureate of the Altadena (CA) Library District and is also a professional editor, ghost writer, and writing consultant with her business, The Writing Pros, based in Pasadena, CA. She received her Ph.D. from UCLA and has also served as a university adjunct professor at California Polytechnic University, Pomona; and at California State University, Los Angeles.