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This latest work of veteran poet Marian Kaplun Shapiro is titled Upbringing because it confronts and explores issues surrounding being a child and growing up. Many poems present a moment in time through the eyes of a child, showing the innocence and confusion of children maneuvering in an adult world. What is most unique is the presentation of ideas through a preponderance of visuals intermixed with words to create a new era of visual poetry. ...

At the Edge of the Cliff: poems, by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, experiments with visual form and edgy content to disrupt fundamental givens and generate transformative experiences. At her poetic peak, Shapiro uses word drawings that go beyond mere words to touch extremes of feeling and jar the subconscious. Shapiro makes each poem an experiment, leading a beautiful and challenging climb to the edge. "A book of poetry and drawings that explore emoti...

Shapiro's transcendent poems explore the turbulent space between uncertainty and acceptance, hesitation and stillness, and desperation and hope - a compelling kaleidoscopic arabesque. She shows us the depth and power of life. As these poems press against the nature of things toward a fusion of self, our timid wishes become greater truths. Lori Romero, Cezanne's Carrot Marian Kaplun Shapiro has created a body of work that asks to be read first ...