A new collection of poetry from Kelly D. Belmonte.

"Kelly Belmonte has a gift for choosing precisely the right word or turn of phrase to evoke the beauties, sorrows, and surprises of everyday life. The elegant simplicity of these poems gently invites the reader to pay attention, and then rewards that attention with images that linger in the mind, encouraging a pause for reflection: an experience of great value in these distracted and hurried times."

Holly Ordway
Author, Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography

"With the raw simplicity of Robert Frost and the poignancy of Mary Oliver, Kelly Belmonte has achieved something rare and beautiful: tiny hymns praising the significance of the ordinary. Like pebbles that create widening circles in a pond, The Mother of All Words echoes with timeless wisdom, disturbs and interrogates the surface of daily life, and deeply nourishes us."

Dr. Crystal Hurd
Author, The Leadership of C.S. Lewis: Ten Traits to Encourage Change and Growth

"Belmonte looks for those moments in life—those breaths or gaps (as she says)—that others may have passed by or missed entirely. She pauses there to worship, to ruminate, and to treasure all she's gleaned. After all, in her own words: 'Poetry is not truth, but the last gasp of revelation after hearing the truest word.'"

Nancy Tupper Ling
Children's Author and Poet