BREATH & BONE by Thelma T. Reyna Finishing Line Press SUMMARY: This award winning poetry collection is filled with poems about Reyna’s memories and life experiences. Although some of the poems deal with real-life challenges of poverty, pain, and death, Reyna knows exactly how to convey such emotions through beautiful lyrical pieces of literature. Q&A WITH THELMA T. REYNA Q: What does poetry mean to you? What inspires your poetry? Poetry is a very special compressed language, a shorthand way of expressing a lot. It’s a melting pot of other arts: photography (a snapshot in time), music (the rhythms and rhymes), and art (the verbal painting of pictures). The best poetry can stir deep thinking for days, or move your emotions, or make you smile with a few lines. The best poetry is timeless and universal, defying circumscriptions. What inspires my poetry? Any hour of the day, almost any action, almost any person, any place, and mos...