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Published by FootHills Publishing and designed and illustrated by Marc Rubin, this is a beautiful hand-stitched compilation of short-short stories. As reader Steve Coffman says, "If you like gorgeous writing, poetic vignettes that laugh at themselves (and you), then expose the author's (and your) softest memories, deepest fears, most searing passions, you'll love Rhonda Morton and her whirling voices." Joe Caparulo adds: "A fine collection. The words swell with an authentic presence, and daring truths." From Amber Espar: "What a delightful journey into paintbrushed melodies caught in time. A little rising breath of another's world."

This collection of poems comes from "breathing in" music, paintings, sculptures, photographs, poetry, literature, and dance—and "breathing out" words. Words that come directly from the work of art, or somehow refract unexpectedly. With inspiration notes for each page, Breathing In, Breathing Out celebrates the ability of art to puncture a hole in our perceptions, to compel us to action, and even, at times, to create something entirely new in us.

There is an authentic self in each of us—finding it, claiming it, and nurturing it is a lifelong pursuit. This collection of poems traces one woman's journey from ice to steam and finally to water.