A collection of contemporary poetry dedicated to life, and the experience of living.
Footholds and Handrails is the first collection of poetry by Beatriz Gonzalez-Flecha. This volume explores life experiences and personal interactions and communicates all that complexity using beautiful images and variety of form. From the ethereal and whimsical to the deep and thought provoking, this guided tour through humanity will move and inspire all, and will specially speak to those with a passion for clear seeing and freedom.
Professional Reviews
A beautiful expression from one who has explored life deeply
The poetry in Footholds and Handrails ranges through self- writing books, love, the insanity of capitalism to crossing over to the other side, free from the illusions that enchants us into this world of form. A beautiful expression of someone who has lived and explored deeply this ephemeral, yet particular form we call life. A delight to read and savor as Bea journeys from a child in Buenos Aires, an adult with her parents in McDonald's, to sitting with her beloved meditation teacher. R.D.
Going to the core
Footholds and Handrails" is an a exquisite series of poems. Each of them, a reflection, a clear instant, a dive into the depths of our psyche.
Without erudition, her words are a daring and fierce search for the naked truth of our experience.
She takes us in a journey across cultures and beyond appearances. The deliberate simplicity of the language sustains us flying up and swimming into stormy waters with each poem. A precious offering to all of us. C.R.
An excellent read for those in search of clues for the ...
From uncovering hidden pearls in the human landscape of urban life to surgically precise exposure and description of subtle yet universal internal ghosts, Beatriz' poetry stirs issues of identity, relations, and overall humanity with a style that is sharp, imaginative, ironic, and uncompromising. An excellent read for those in search of clues for the eternal questions of self and self-discovery. A.P.
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
