Way Station

A way station is a resting place on a long journey. The poems of Way Station constitute a meditation on aging, the transformation from youth to middle to old age, the way each stage of life incorproates, reflects on and shapes what's to come. Liane Ellison Norman incorpoates in her poetry lively accounts of all of these parts of a varied and adventurous life on several continents, paying attention to the worlds she has inhabited, which include living on several continents, engagement with family and the social issues that have informed--continue to inform--her growth. Pervading her poetry is a love of language and its mysterious ability to bring people of all sorts together.