Somehow (Paperback, 2012)
By Libby Wagner
Give up describing yourself like this: I’m not really a poetry person. We are all poetry people because we are makers and creators of the language. We are the harbingers of expression, and no matter our role, place, job, or country, we are longing to be understood. Language is that net we throw out across the great space between us, and like other art forms — music, visual arts, dance, theater, etc. — poetry aims to say the unsayable and draw someone closer as we are connected. This collection was assembled in the hopes that you might enjoy them yourself, you might give it to someone else, you might begin some strange new conversation with, “You know, I have this great poem I really want to share with you….”
Libby Wagner is a poet who has a very successful consulting training business on the side. She has been writing poetry and stories since she was 8 years old, and she won her first prize for a short story collection at age 16. Libby is a revered teacher and speaker and became famous for insisting that journals be used as learning tools for the Correctional Worker Core program. She has a unique way of using poetry in her work to illuminate the present moment, to help others clarify what they want in business and in life, and to elevate language as a way to change consciousness and behaviors.
