Toni Poll Sorensen: 7 books

This new book of fully illustrated narrative poems, titled Cartwheeling Through Life, is a collection of thoughts about events or feelings that are experienced by all of us. These poems came to our author when she was emotionally upright, upside down, terribly off balance or somewhere in between....

Tonis poems are a necessary expression of life and love. They come from a rich and full personal life and a long and amazing professional career. She is grateful to her many colleagues and teachers, including the thousands of students she has taught. She is always grateful to her amazing husband, Chancellor Emeritus (Chuck) Sorensen, for his deep and abiding love and support.

Tonis poems are a necessary expression of life and love. They come from a rich and full personal life and a long and amazing professional career. She is grateful to her many colleagues and teachers, including the thousands of students she has taught. She is always grateful to her amazing husband, Chancellor Emeritus (Chuck) Sorensen, for his deep and abiding love and support.

These poems were written over a very difficult period of time in my own marriage. In order for my husband and me to heal our hearts and ensure each other of our love, we began to e-mail two or three lines of poetry to each other in a call-and-response format. I saved these five or six lines sent off...

I have moved a few times from the place where I was born. And I have done the tourist thing about wanting to own a piece of paradise. I have had friends come and go in my life. Sometimes they moved or died. Sometimes they just move on or away from our friendship. This collection of poems is about...

When My Mind Is Empty is my fourth book of poetry. It was written in response to questions about where I get inspiration for my work and when I do my best writing. The answer is the same for both questions. Poems come in solitudewhile walking, observing, gazing, at nothing, and during or after meditation...

Along the way, I sowed both love and anger in those gardens. Sometimes, the garden was a place where I worked out my problems. And most of the times, I planted with love. I moved babies into new gardens, giving space to the mother plant or creating beautiful borders for more mature gardens. I always...