{"product_id":"i-have-a-place-poems-and-portraits","title":"I Have a Place: Poems and Portraits","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCynthia Linkas\u003c\/strong\u003e has poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Aurorean, Chiron, Heart, Poetry \u0026amp; Prose, Pegasus, Poem, A Time of Singing, Common Ground Review, Quill and Parchment, Tipton Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAvocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e Her previous books are a poetry collection, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/tumbled-time?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=14c2d60f8\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTumbled Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2020), and a novel, \u003ci\u003eVOWS\u003c\/i\u003e (Enroute Press, 2023). This chapbook, \u003ci\u003eI Have a Place, \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of poems and portraits expressing her trust and hope in a Creator—of creatures, trees, trails, heartaches, joys, and loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMany of her poems are intensely personal, peopled with husband, children, and grandchildren, pets, and even an old cigarette roller. But readers will find their own loves here—her voice invites the universal moment, of understanding and memory. She places belief and poetry side by side as languages for the elusive, imperceptible something beyond the conscious mind. Her truehearted search for beauty and timelessness in nature will renew your own longings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA professional singer and lifelong music teacher, she especially loves Renaissance choral music and performed for years with Convivium Musicum of Boston and the Christ Church Choir of Hamilton-Wenham, Massachusetts. She was born and raised in a French-Canadian, Catholic neighborhood in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Central Falls is one square mile and densely populated. Ever since, Linkas has loved nature’s freedom and the quiet of trail walks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cynthialinkas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003ecynthialinkas.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 78 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (November 9, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54707557892280,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/linkas_tos_front.jpg?v=1794289566","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/i-have-a-place-poems-and-portraits","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}