There is a weather for every emotion in Natalie Kimbell\u2019s poems, always fresh and nuanced as every moment is- with tears, joy, heartbreak, revelations. In this book Kimbell\u2019s skill is in lifting the fog of memory, splashing barefoot in the rain of new love, and holding her family as safe as sunlight on the mountains. Here is a woman sharing the prime of her wisdom, her inner weather always big enough for the whole of life!<\/p>\n
\u2013Susan Underwood<\/strong>, Author of Splinter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In this her second chapbook,\u00a0And the Weather Remains the Same<\/em>, \u201ca refracted light ignites\u201d with poet Natalie Kimbell\u2019s bold use of form, nature, and color, luring the reader into a journey of raw emotion where the speaker becomes a \u201ccreature reborn\u201d in every line and poem. Kimbell \u201cshadow slips\/between the slats of a sonnet\u201d all the while uttering through her bold images, layers of personal love, loss, grief, and surprises in life. The reader imagines Kimbell\u2019s mother instructing her to \u201cnever say never\u201d in a life that is like \u201ccolored yarn cut in a rug.\u201d We sense, the speaker is a rebel whose heart experiences reflect a \u201cyearning\u201d for more.\u00a0Natalie Kimbell<\/strong>\u00a0crafts a spirited look at shared life experience from the outset of this beautiful book where the speaker seeks \u201chope in the dead\u201d until the close where \u201cFuture leans in the doorway\u201d with her \u201cSalvation.\u201d And, the weather does remain the same.<\/p>\n \u2013Sue Weaver Dunlap<\/strong>, author of\u00a0Thursday\u2019s Child (<\/em>Main Street Rag, 2025<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the Weather Remains the Same\u00a0<\/em>is a powerful collection of poems that echo grief in failed relationships. Kimbell skillfully uses many metaphors to show the facets of grief from loneliness and loss as a mechanism that leads to hope and ultimately salvation. Whether it\u2019s through weather, plants, butterflies, or fish, the voices are heard in her heart-infused lines: (1)\u00a0inhale the breeze that ruffles my hair \/ your musk rising from dead leaves<\/em>, (2) [what it\u2019s like to survive a broken heart is]\u00a0like steering your car on a narrow switchback\u00a0<\/em>\/\/\u00a0<\/em>two-lane\u00a0<\/em>road on an unfamiliar mountain through a storm<\/em>, (3)\u00a0You melt yellow poplar like ripened pears, \/ from green to gold to dark honey<\/em>, (4)\u00a0I plow head downward \u2026leave a wake \/ of petals indifferent to the beauty \/ of small things<\/em>, and many more. Even humor slips in to crack a smile at hurt, let alone irony. Kimbell shows her command of language and form and this is a highly recommended read to find solace despite the pain.<\/p>\n \u2013John C. Mannone<\/strong>, author of\u00a0Sacred Flute<\/em>\u00a0(Iris Press, 2024) and seven other collections<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also available wherever you buy books online:<\/strong><\/p>\n Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grief is a powerful force. In these poems, Kimbell shares personal losses of love, youth, and death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172,"parent":0,"template":"","book-category":[50],"book-series":[],"book-author":[49],"class_list":["post-171","book","type-book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book-category-poetry","book-author-natalie-kimbell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/book\/171\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-category&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-series&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliekimbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbook-author&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}