Poet Kelly Chripczuk writes about alignment, the alignment between the inner self and the outer reality we occupy. It’s a story as old as humanity, and as new as this morning. Each of us feels the disconnect between what we know and believe, especially about ourselves, and what and where we are. We might call this the tension between the ideal and the real. Whatever we call it, it is a condition we’re aware of, a condition we live every day.
In The Courage It Takes, the new collection of 21 poems by Chripczuk, the idea of alignment is ever present. It’s most apparent in the disconnect she experiences between what she knows she’s called to do and the opportunities to do it. That disconnect creates a mental, emotional, and spiritual pain, a pain that can be mitigated and eased but never eliminated or cured.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
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