Thoughts from the Oak

Shortlisted for the Sexton Prize for Poetry, Semi-finalist for the Walt Whitman Award, Audrey Colasanti is a mother, advocate for epilepsy awareness, and emerging poet. Her powerful debut is titled, Thoughts From The Oak. With deep love for her children, both born with serious health challenges, Colasanti reflects on the labyrinth of untypical parenthood. Through vivid imagery and lyrical prose, she writes about the sour-sweet smell of hospital rooms to wanting to shove pins into a voodoo doll.