Sometimes the topics are inspired by a curiosity for both science and song–David Bowie makes an appearance in the poems. Sometimes the topics are literally about the cosmos: dark matter, space, life on other planets. Some of the poems were written after the death of her father–one is specifically dedicated to him. Her collection of poems Life on Mars asks many of these questions. There are not many who ask these questions more beautifully than Tracy K. Let’s dare to examine what matters together. More often, though, they allow the reader to experience the quest of the questions. Who or what is God? Is there a God/god? What is death? What comes next? Sometimes poems will suggest answers. That is not to say it never does: a great novel or even a short story can also ask questions. Poetry asks these brutal, core, fundamental questions in ways that other literature seldom does. But I found that I respected the person asking the questions much more than the person who refused to face the possibility that he had been wrong. More committed to my wife, more in love with my children, and more true to myself, I found that asking the questions gave me greater confidence in the answers. I decided that I had been right about some things and wrong about others. In other ways, though, I remained unchanged. It was frightening, even terrifying, and I came out the other side of it a very different person in some ways. I began exploring my assumptions, opening my mind to new approaches and no longer accepting things at face value. I began questioning things I had always assumed were true. SmithĪ few years ago I found a courage I did not know I had.
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