About From the Porch Rocker

Ali Luce’s poetry collection, From the Porch Rocker, fully embodies, embraces, and emphasizes the watchful gaze of the poet. With melodic, image-filled language, Luce captures the tiniest “mysteries hidden from plain sight,” untold stories of sailors, sirens, and sea—a “maritime spell”—the peace of wading “through wildflowers and grassy tides,” and the invaluable, healing nature of friendships that “warm our souls.” These poems don’t just speak to, but revel in—and celebrate!—the human experience as we move through—and with—the world and all its living creatures, including one another. With her collection, Luce beckons us to join as she awe-inspiringly wanders through the magic of everyday existence—in “barefooted delight.”