Desire and Despair by Alison Jennings

“Alison Jennings’ Desire and Despair is a beautiful chapbook that explores how ‘everything that can be found is connected.’ Through her captivating poems, Jennings pays homage to fellow poets, inviting the reader into the complexities of longing and loss. Whether we’re finding love on an index card or contemplating a blue feather, Jennings’ poems capture the essence of our shared desires and the impact of our deepest despairs.”

— Kelli Russell Agodon, Author of Dialogues with Rising Tides



About the Author:

Alison Jennings is a Seattle-based poet who taught in public schools before returning to poetry. She has had over 75 poems published internationally in numerous journals, including Burningword, Cathexis Northwest Press, Meat for Tea, Mslexia, Poetic Sun, Red Door, Sonic Boom, and The Raw Art Review. She has also won 3rd Place/Honorable Mention or been a semi-finalist in several contests. Please visit her website here.