My poetry book Flank to Flank contains a selection of 35 fresh and original poems about my childhood, family, nature, marriage and more. I am currently seeking a publisher to bring this to market.
"In Flank to Flank, Cummings presents her memoir poems with prose introductions and some images. Giving them this setting really draws the reader into the moments she has selected to tell us about. Her directness and integrity are disarming. Her writing is neither too self-congratulatory, nor too full of false modesty, but presents a very full and satisfactory picture of this very talented writer’s life. The poems, particularly, are remarkable in their re-creation of the moments about which Cummings has chosen to tell us. They describe events very straightforwardly and this lack of exaggeration allows the memories to ring true in their imagery. A wonderful read of an extraordinary woman’s memories."
Naomi Beth Wakan, The Inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (Wind on the Heath)