X-Ray and the Pull of Poetry Lisa Kusel and to know that someone

and to know that someone understands

A young swimmer panics in a crowded community pool

Their redheaded foster daughter

Both thrilled and surprised when his wish is granted

X-Ray and the Pull of Poetry Lisa Kusel and to know that someoneBy: Joan Sibley Published by Onion River Press, 2021 05 18 <p>In X Ray and the Pull of Poetry, Joan Sibley sees her rooster, X Ray, as the "unerring imager of my inner being exact examiner of my private wars." He was the judge and jury of the joys, mysteries and terrors of her life. Her "private wars" were many, but her poetry was a lifeline between her inner being and her outer landscape, elegant in voice and language, rich in irony and imagery,