Suzanne Hocking: 3 books

"It wasn’t his fault. For himself, I liked him, but relationships can’t run one way. People have to take a shine to each other, shed their own light, make a glow in the middle that’s larger than either alone. Once I knew someone bright. I thought I knew her. “Celia,” I say softly, and...

A collection of twenty-five poems spanning a variety of styles including haiku chains, sonnets, and free verse. Many play on the concepts of needlework to evoke the delicacy, violence, and interconnectedness of human emotion and the natural world. Others place love and loss against a background of...

THE MATCHSTICK GIRL by Suzanne Hocking YELENA walks the line between cold and poverty. Then for a brief moment fortune shines on her and Yelena catches a glimpse of hopes and unknown joys that she never imagined could have been within her reach. But as soon as it appears, it is taken from...