X-Ray and the Pull of Poetry Lisa Kusel A young swimmer panics in

A young swimmer panics in a crowded community pool

and to know that someone understands

Build an aquascope

Their redheaded foster daughter

I felt I read it in a single breath

X-Ray and the Pull of Poetry Lisa Kusel A young swimmer panics inBy: Joan Sibley Published by Onion River Press, 2021 05 18 <p>In X Ray and the Pull of Poetry, Joan Sibley sees her rooster, X Ray, as the "unerring imager of my inner being exact examiner of my private wars." He was the judge and jury of the joys, mysteries and terrors of her life. Her "private wars" were many, but her poetry was a lifeline between her inner being and her outer landscape, elegant in voice and language, rich in irony and imagery,