Tranquility, Solitude, and Other Poems

In Tranquility, Solitude and other Poems, Karen Lee Oliver explores many dimensions of tranquility, offering an engaging collection of lyric and narrative poems that embrace a reflective exploration of the human condition. Major themes include solitude, dreams, memories and mortality. These images effectively create a family of symbols for the ungraspable aspects of life in passing. A gothic atmosphere and mysterious tone unifies these poems, which employ a voice that seeks answers but knows it may not find them. Oliver gives readers select and surprising details that spark curiosity and build suspense.

This is an energetic book with crisp lines and a coherent lexicon of images. Readers seeking contemplation of both tranquility and the darker, more moody, aspects of solitude will find rewards here. -Blueink review image

"Ms. Oliver weaves words into lovely, thought-provoking tapestries, sharing her experiences through vivid images." -Rev. Maureen A. Demler; St. Georgia's Episcopal Church in Clifton Park, New York
Karen Lee Oliver was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 1, 1959. She furthered a potential career in ballet by moving to N.Y.C. in 1973 where she studied on scholarship with American Ballet Theater. Ms. Oliver graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. degree in English Literature Major/ Theater Arts Major in 1981. She has since published three books with Xlibris; Pergola; 2002-2005, Tales From the Mirwood and Tranquility, Solitude and Other Poems in 2014. Selections: 1) THE LOTUS EATERS2) THE MONKS OF WALLENSBURG3) PICTURE IN THE SKIN4) VESTIBULES OF TIME