Light and Shadow

About the Book

Light and Shadow is a second collection of poems by the author of Beach Grass. Included are poems and reflections about nature, journeys, life, family and soul/spirit, written as she has travelled or as contemplative responses to moments of quiet. Although the subjects of some poems are quite specific, the underlying themes relate to the whole of human experience, including the love of family and animals, the joy of simply being, the loss of a friend or loved one, the awe of the night sky, and the kindness of another. Some of the poems have the quality of a meditation, others of a story, inviting the reader in as onlooker, participant.

About the Author

Barbara Letts Blodgett has been a speech therapist, conference planner, and pastoral counselor. She has served as a consultant and a staff member in three Episcopal Dioceses, most recently providing pastoral care for the clergy. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother of seven. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lived for thirty-three years in Connecticut and for the past seventeen years in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania. Now retired, she spends winters in Florida and summers in Pennsylvania. She loves travel, Jungian thought, mystical writings, and the simplicity of oriental art and poetry. Her first book of poetry, Beach Grass, began as a response to the beauty of the landscape in Pennsylvania and Martha’s Vineyard and, like this second volume, included observations about life and human nature and the ways in which, at heart, we are all alike.