Holding onto Nothing

Sally L. Fulton invites you to enter intimately into her life as she shares the depth of her grief in the death of her husband, her mother, and her unborn daughter, and comes to terms with regret, finding peace through the writing of these poems. Her poetry of gratitude shows the reader, through clear and lyrical imagery how she discovers meaning and beauty in each moment. Her poetry of dissent reflects the suffering caused by self-interest and calls upon the reader to choose compassion while standing against ignorance and oppression and for social justice. Through the clear imagery of her poems, she illustrates the mystery of nature and reminds the reader of its fragility. The expressions of grief, dissent, gratitude, and illumination in this book leads us to a deeper understanding of the Buddhist principle of interbeing, that we are all a part of something greater that unifies us, and that our common lives are part of that unity as well as the unique mystery of the limitless expressions of life.

Sally L. Fulton, a lifelong lover of poetry now lives in Longmont, Colorado, with her cat Jack. In 2004, she studied contemplative poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Her understanding that we are all a part of something greater that unifies us influences Sally’s poetry. She practices with The Great Mountain Zen Centre in Berthoud, Colorado. Her first book of poetry, My Life So Far: Breathing Lessons was self-published in 2018 through Mercury Heartlink and was awarded first place in the poetry division of the EVVY Awards through the Colorado Independent Publishers.