Urge to Dance

URGE TO DANCE IS JOANNE SHEEHY HOOVERS FIFTH POETRY COLLECTION. THIS NEW BOOK BOTH PROBES FOR MEANING IN WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN HER LIFE AND THE WORLD ABOUT HER TO THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT. SUBJECTS ARE WIDE RANGING, FROM SCENES INSPIRED BY THE TIME SHE LIVED ABROAD TO SCENES FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHERE SHE NOW LIVES. HER POEMS OFFER PROVOCATIVE INSIGHTS INTO WHAT SHE CALLS THE JOURNEY OF LIFE. IN THE POEM SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING SHE CONJURES UP A VIVID SCENE OF LIFE IN RURAL SCOTLAND