Snowflake

In the heart of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, resides a tiny messiah. He doesn't know it yet, but his presence, his very being, is a gift of mercy and grace, of salvation, of hope and joy in the wake of suffering and loss. Snowflake tells the story of a man who, after being diagnosed with male factor infertility, assumes his dream of becoming a father is impossible. Years of various treatments, struggle, progress, setbacks, and deferred hope all lead to an alternative path to becoming parents, and eventually, the birth of a miracle: Copeland Jones. Across two collections of poetry-previously published as separate volumes and now combined here for the first time-Richard M. Allen paints a tapestry of darkness and light, brokenness and redemption.