-Cheryl Suchors, award-winning author of 48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains

I know I have encountered talent when the words I am reading ignite my own creativity, making me want to write with the same urgency and authenticity. Kathleen Latham's poetry collection The Ones left me spellbound. Her visceral imagery, her freewheeling confidence, assures me that the best poetry is a bridge, a means of connecting with others in the most direct way possible. Latham writes of love, its triumphs and shortfalls, in an engaging and conversational style, inviting the reader to recall her own experiences, to give them voice, to respect their impact. She helps us remember what we held close, what we thought we could never live without, but did. She writes with compassion and insight, noting how small events, in time, can become quietly magnificent, shaping our lives in ways we could not have imagined. The past, she reminds us, is always present, the door to wonder never closed. I highly recommend "The Ones" to anyone searching for fresh and relatable poetry.

-Jean Ryan, author of Survival Skills, Lovers and Loners and the poetry collection A Day Like This