The call for poems that led to this chapbook emerged from the public discourse instigated by US politicians who upended the very idea of home as we understand it, and as it exists as a founding concept, in the United States. To be plain, ICE's assault on human beings trying to make a life, to be contributing members of a functioning society that doesn't offer any free rides but acknowledges your right to go the road, shattered the very notion of home–nevermind the concept of security to be found in a homeland. Our government was distorting language in a way that turned the United States into a dystopia where language no longer carried meaning. Hence, the prompt:  What is home?

"My copy of "Home" just arrived--it's lovely inside and out! Great cover and I really appreciate your introduction. "Home" couldn't be a timelier subject.  I'm honored to have a poem in this collection and very pleased to be in the company of an international gathering of poets." (Cortney Davis, poet)