Poet Kerri McCaffrey's first book is effervescent with color and hope and song. You will breathe easily as you read. Kerri's words are alive with her childhood experiences, as when she describes the legendary woman in white who fell to her death from a ledge in Sleepy Hollow: "her dark hair/ like feathers/ her scream bright orange-/a flaming oriole/ to a synesthete." Kerri writes from both sides of the gender line, having undergone sweeping changes in her life. These were moves which required daring-by this world's standards-but Kerri knew there was something more at play-something beautiful...

Dodge Foundation Poets Edwin Romand and BJ Ward have praised Kerri Nicole McCaffrey's poetry. Now, Kerri has broken new ground with her fourth volume of poetry Raspberry Summers and the Brush of Thorns contains deeply lyrical poetry played out in rural and wilderness settings. Kerri Nicole's stated purpose is to show the healing power of nature and to offer readers the chance to revisit their childhoods in order live a more joyous present. Her experience in finding God's reflection in the beauty of nature, however, is also inescapable. Kerri Nicole McCaffrey was educated by the monks of St....