Hope On A String

About the Book

Afire

I dance in my own blaze.
Stir my bones before they turn ash.
My feet char the life around me.
My own life consumed breath by breath
I cast my moving shadow over stone
on fire, honor the animal.

~Marcia Kraft

About the Author

Marcia Kraft is a poet and a Modern dance teacher in in the greater metropolitan Washington area. She has written poetry used in dance performances for both adults and children. She has studied poetry and given readings in various venues throughout the area and has conducted poetry appreciation classes with the residents of both Brighton Gardens and Rockville Sunrise houses. Poetry as well as music, dance and the visual arts have always been a great part of her life and have made her life beautiful. Marcy hopes you will find some words in her book for solace for laughter for love and perhaps some words that challenge. Whatever you find She thanks you for reading. You do her an honor.