Emotional Explosions

About the Book

Poetry often presents difficulties for readers, particularly younger ones. Replete with flowery figurative language and difficult-to-grasp themes, most poetry leaves students behind.

In Emotional Explosions, author Karen Linda Brown Glotzer seeks to demonstrate that poetry can be used to clearly convey emotions and that it can be enjoyed, shared, and easily understood. This collection divides verses into four sections. “The Tiorati Collection” focuses on a summer camp in a breathtaking nature preserve, recalling not only the wildlife encountered but also the sadness of saying good-bye to campers and counselors. “T’ai C’hi” explores that ancient art and its ideology, a topic close to Glotzer’s heart. “Times” includes a mélange of subjects such as childhood experiences, motherhood, friendship, animals, therapy, and death, including some humor and silliness along the way. Finally, “Tears” considers the unspeakable truths of our existence.

This collection of poetry presents a journey toward self-discovery via verse and offers a way of sharing emotions common to all human beings.

About the Author

Karen Linda Brown Glotzer grew up in a swamp community with a rural atmosphere in the state of New York. A teacher of language arts, ESL, and t’ai chi, she holds an MA in secondary English from SUNY–Cortland and an MS from Iona College, as well as a black sash for mastery in t’ai c’hi ch’uan. She is married with three children and currently lives in New City, New York.