In her gracious gathering of poems, Lifelines, Linda Spock offers each of us a lifeline. Here, in the midst of life’s challenges, much joyful solace is found. The power of love is always present, not least of all in Lifelines’ central group of poems about a much anticipated grandson, who offers all of us the same delight, laughter, and revival felt by the author. Like the spider in her poem “Spider Woman,” Linda Spock knows how to make her lines “dance rather than break.” How lucky we are to be invited to the dance.
Linda Spock was a resident of Connecticut for forty-two years before moving to Florida in 2014. Linda has been married for forty-five years and has two married sons who each have a son. Family and writing have been her constant lifelines. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology and was a practicing psychologist for thirty-five years. She considers being a poet a new calling as she feels inspired to write with compassion about the collective human experience with its struggles and triumphs. Her first published poem appeared in Caduceus, a publication of Yale Medical Group. This collection is her first book.
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