That Infinite Roar

In awe of all that is offered - that is how we depart from Laurie Kuntz's newest collection. In this book that talks of small and big inconveniences of life, wonder blooms everywhere. For every kind of sadness, her poems show the flip side of the record. These are her words, which treasure the little that can save us. The always imminent boredom of a shared life with a long-time partner is infused with a careful and caring perception of what is gained, even when it seems everything may be lost, including poetry itself. A trellis through which we hear the murmurs of an adult innocence constantly refreshed, That Infinite Roar plants in us vivid images of experiences always reframed in reconnection.

Lúcia Leão-Translator and writer

Laurie Kuntz' That Infinite Roar humanely explores the hidden byways of the heart, investigating how our recollections shape lived experience into something we can carry. Concise, tender, and always present, her poems come to terms with transience and the fallibility of memory. As she writes in Anniversary, Again: Every act of creation, also an act of destruction/ and memory is history's great reviser. Kuntz maps pathways toward healing and acceptance-of aging, of the inevitable open door at the end of parenting, of loss and tragedy and loneliness. Her work reminds us of the power of integration when we examine all the selves we inhabit over a lifetime. That Infinite Roar invites us to walk with Kuntz toward wholeness. As she writes in "North of Sorrow": Everyone waits for hope/ to blow through an open window/for all that is on the outside/ can enter a home, a heart, a memory,/and north of sorrow/ are the lit borders,/which we can cross. It is a journey well worth taking.

Alison Hurwitz, Poet Founder of Well-Versed Words, and Best of the Net Nominee

Laurie Kuntz's books are: That Infinite Roar, Gyroscope Press, Talking Me Off The Roof, Kelsay Books, The Moon Over My Mother's House, Finishing Line Press, Simple Gestures, Texas Review Press, Women at the Onsen, Blue Light Press, and Somewhere in the Telling, Mellen Press. Simple Gestures, won Texas Review's Chapbook Contest, and Women at the Onsen won Blue Light Press's Chapbook Contest. She's been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes and two Best of the Net Prizes. Her work has been published in Gyroscope Review, Roanoke Review, Third Wednesday, One Art, Sheila Na Gig, and other journals. More at: https://lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/home-1