Arabesque - Paperback

by Diane Kistner (Editor), Rachel Dacus (Author)

Arabesque: keyword of a new collection from poet/novelist Rachel Dacus. Arabesques, as in the looped swirls notating language, from its earliest days chiseled in stone, or the graceful curve of a dancer's toe pointing the opposite way from their outstretched hand. Poems that point in all life's directions: love and loss, birth and death, family and loneliness, sensuality and discipline-until bipolar opposites balance in an illuminating continuum. "Rachel Dacus' poetry sings and celebrates the body and spirit in form and function, freedom and flight. Throughout this world of journey and process, here and there, she acclaims what underlies, immutable." -Jeff Santosuosso, Editor-in-Chief, Panoply.

Author Biography

Rachel Dacus is the author of The Renaissance Club, a time travel novel called "a poetic journey through the folds of time." Dacus' Gods of Water and Air is a collection of poetry, prose, and drama. Rachel Dacus' previous poetry collections are Gods of Water and Air, Femme au Chapeau, and Earth Lessons. Her time travel romance novel, The Renaissance Club, was published in 2018 by Fiery Seas Publishing. Her writing has appeared in Atlanta Review, Boulevard, Prairie Schooner, The Pedestal, and Valparaiso Poetry Review, as well as in numerous anthologies. She raises funds for nonprofit organizations in Northern California.