"SCORCHED MEMORIES
I want to write a happy poem, but I
Can't compose that sound-
That sound, like a desperate fire truck's
Sirens piercing the atmosphere:
An angry, screaming warison,
Charging toward desolation but carrying hope. I can't compose a happy poem to speak
Of the joy a woman obtains, in accepting a
Righted wrong committed against her
Or the way her melting heart feels
When receiving the long awaited,
Overdue apology, after bitterness has mollified it."

On the heels of her first book, "Far From Adequate Recompense," author K.M. Miller offers another collection of thought-provoking poems about unrequited love, the reality of growing old, and social injustice.

"A Stepping-Off Place: Healing Prose," is a haunting observation into Miller's beleaguered thoughts and a tribute to the healing power of the written word. Meaningful and clever, Miller's poems share both the process of mending her soul, and the wisdom she's gathered along the way.

Far From Adequate Recompense is a thought-provoking collection of profound essays and prose that tell of the pilgrimage of a melancholy soul from unimaginable pain to healing and closure. K. M. Miller's intimate and genuine style creates vivid images for the reader. This bittersweet account of unrequited love and a woman's struggle for redemption takes you on the emotional roller coaster that often accompanies the despair of two souls destined to part ways. In the poem entitled 'Amphoteric, which begins, 'You are a beautiful, golden Greek man, and ends, 'in my ear, you call me by another name, Miller unabashedly shares her fear of what might become for her, fractured hopes and dreams as her relationship with the man she loves, becomes an ill-fated conclusion. In 'Prosopon, Miller's prose concludes with the grievous verse, 'I laid quietly in bed studying the translucent sheer hanging against the open window, billowing towards me as if it was your hand, waving goodbye. Far From Adequate Recompense offers a sincere and unapologetic glance into the depths of sorrow-and what lies beyond it-that will encourage you to embark on your own path of self-discovery.