A Wild Ride by Louise Kantro

A Wild Ride eloquently speaks to our need for clarity in a time of uncertainty and chaos. In poems that address many of today’s pressing issues, Louise Kantro expertly captures the 21st century American zeitgeist with precision and sensitivity. This is a collection that invites us to hop in, buckle up, and expand our horizons. Urgent and powerful, A Wild Ride compels the reader’s attention, inspires contemplation, and most importantly, generates compassion.

–Linda Scheller, author of Laurels (Prickly Pear Publishing) and The Ghosts of 16 Larkin Street (The Word Works)

In “A Wild Ride” Louise Kantro elucidates the personal and political challenges of people and conditions that are often dismissed and ignored. Through their stories of struggle and injustice, woven into poetry, may this poignant collection awaken our compassion and ignite our resolution to stay aware and act on behalf of those in need.

–Karen Hansis Baker is author of the chapbook “Exercises in Stone” by Rattlesnake Press and editor of the anthology “A Circle of Voices”, Patient River Press, 2020.

A Wild Ride, by Louise Kantro, confronts the reader with the tragedy and chaos of the dark side of political power. Her words present the reader with a dilemma; whether to resist, respond or retreat from the horrific realities of cultural whiplash from Woke to implementation of Project 25. Her chronicle of moral chaos is a call to action and a recognition of true heroes.

–Lynn M. Hansen, author of Flicker, Poems by Lynn M. Hansen and In the Presence of the Moai, Poetry and Prose of Travel.