Jennifer, thank you so much for sharing your poetry. (and it truly is poetry). Each, in its way is so delicate and penetrating. You have an extraordinary ability to touch deep experiences in an elegant, affecting voice and leave the reader provoked and moved. It is not strident or bullying. It is musical and very persuasive.

Malcolm Morrison
Dean
The Hartt School
University of Hartford

Perennial Secrets are poems that resonate lyrically with pulsating and historical themes. They really speak profoundly to the secrets of human existence and experiences when subjected to so many invisible and nuanced denials. Reading the poems, I found myself constantly gripped with/by some of the powerful imageries that compelled me to think beyond the ordinary and superficial realities of every-day life. But the poems also reminded me of my own growing up, the experiences and agonies I have grappled with. In short, for me, Perennial Secrets are about how we meet the human challenges of survival and flowering despite not being taken seriously and being more or less marginalized. The book deserves very wide circulation.