The Second Arrow

About the Book

This book of poetry is about transitions and duality. The book sails along the usually dim boundary between the conscious and unconscious. It harbors along the way at surrealism, Zen Buddhism, transgender/LGBT issues, animal rights/ethology, naturalism, racism, dialectics, and dualism. The author is an analytically trained, psycho- dynamic, and practicing psychologist. While as a practitioner, she discretely challenges the tradition of therapist as blank slate, as a poet she openly celebrates the beauty of full disclosure, the inspiration of mystery, and the delectability of the undefinable One. Suffering is inevitable but, also electable, as the second arrow strikes.

About the Author

Sahli A Cavallaro is a native New Yorker practicing clinical psychology in Sacramento California. She comes from a family tradition of poets so she started writing poetry as a young child. Her great great grandfather was a poet who had read humorous animal poetry, like other common poets in Sicily, in town squares at the foot hills of Mount Etna. Her poetry is inspired by William Carlos Williams, Garcia Lorca and May Swenson and reflects the influences of surrealism, Zen, naturalism, animal ethology/ecology and LGBT issues. Sahli lives with her two dogs, kayak and Mac in California.