FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NELSON BALL PRIZE
In a dark time, wrote Theodore Roethke, the eye begins to see--and with
Braille Rainbow, Mike Barnes reveals both darkness and the light that
shines beyond it. Beginning with a suite of poems completed before and
immediately following his admission to a psychiatric unit as a young
man, Barnes's quiet lyricism and formal sensitivity capture those
moments of perception that remind us how to see.
Please note that the text of this book is not produced in braille.