Wit, Snark, and Light in the Dark

A sharp eye and an ear for rhyme threads through a life of obstacles and losses, leading finally to gratitude and a joyous peace. Deborah Smith Parker's father instilled in her a love of rhyme with a childhood filled with the rhythm of humorous verse. Her humor seasons every poem, even those larded with pain. Her memories of love and loss - long frozen - return to burden her with grief and dreams of death. She looks up in despair; ultimately it is with her stubborn optimism that she sees the sta