The poems and prose of Perfectly Still were destined for the trashcan. But author Lezlie Laws says, “a slim folder of poems just kept hovering like a shy kitten on the periphery of the stacks of paper headed for the trash.” Out went class materials, student papers, course curricula, but this folder lingered, and thank God it did. Law says, “I found a version of myself I had rarely shared, and I realized I wasn’t quite ready to part with it. I found a tenderness and a vulnerability that I hoped might serve as guides to my next decade. I discovered notions soft and quiet, feelings of ease and acceptance.” May you feel the same in reading Laws’ amazing words.

Click on the link to hear Lezlie read the title poem, “Perfectly Still.”