Placate the Jaws

Placate the Jaws Poems

Life Goes On Even When "Shadowed By War," Elizabeth Elliott's third collection features the efforts of a non-combatant poet to make war real for all the lucky ones who live their lives outside the zones of war. Poetry existing in a world where war and violence are becoming the new normal and we must protect ourselves from not caring about what war does to children and families, what war has done to returning soldiers. Elizabeth's poetry explores the human condition in our quests for power and truth, for persistence, justice and hope. On our need for individuality, a purpose, and for achieving our goals with courage and persistence. Her poems show us our innocence and our temptations, our gratitude and appreciation, and our freedom. Our struggle to overcome loss and death, evil and harm, war and conflict and to find love and joy with the healing power of our spirit and our psyche. And our capacity to play, to study nature, science, and time, to create art and beauty, to sense the parad
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