LIFELONGING: The Poems

The novel Lifelonging introduced the poet Ariadne Minas and her lover Thom. Their mutual devotion was intense and when drawn into events beyond their control it brings about their destruction. A leitmotif running through the novel is the poetry Ariadne and Thom share and exchange and this small collection is an accompaniment to that story.

In the introduction to the poems the editor seeks to unwrap the complexities associated with Ariadne's verse and offer some historical context for poems that are passionate and obsessive. For anyone interested in the story of Ariadne and Thom the poetry helps illuminate the path the two navigated and traces a life-enhancing love story doomed from its beginning.