Dancing with the Morning Breeze

Again and again, Dancing with the Morning Breeze reminds us to find delight and beauty in life, in movement, in a sunset, in twilight, in breath, or in the wind that moves through her verse.

At times haiku-like, but often ascending in intensity, her poems carry the reader away from fear and towards compassion.

If you know Allegra, you will find in these poems the glittering in her eyes. But even if you don't know her personally, these poems do the job of revealing her inner nature. "Caught in the high call of an owl," Silberstein finds a deep understanding in nature and the music of description. Life is not a series of epiphanies; it is an epiphany. Allegra Silberstein doesn't need to invoke the muse, for the muse is always there, a full partner on her journey and her reveries: "A green singing calls my name."

-Bob Stanley: Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento California

Whether speaking to Eliot in a moment of deep reflection as in the poem, "Where Did the Lilacs Go," or channeling the tenacity and spirit of Virginia Woolf in the poem "A Room of One's Own," Allegra Silberstein's poems take the reader on a delightful journey embracing beauty as she observes the simple and complex world of nature and all that it means to be human. Silberstein enriches our very existence with her skillful use of language that elevates us and lingers from one graceful poem to the next. She becomes the better angel from her poem "Bending into Blue," guiding us through an array of lyrical verse laced with wisdom and imagery. You will feel a sense of hopefulness within these poems that will continue to beat in "the strumming of the heart" long after you've turned the last page.

-Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Alice in Ruby Slippers