Vision, and Other Things We Hide From is Samantha Terrell's 5-star debut collection
Poetry by Samantha Terrell has been described as “intellectual” and “searching.” In this collection from Potter's Grove Press, the reader has an opportunity to explore along with Terrell, delving into delicate intricacies of emotion – “Pride is a fair-weather friend, │And houses of cards don’t keep out rain. │So wet, so cold, so vulnerable, we reach for an umbrella, │Only to find it, too, is flimsy.” – and making tender observations:   “…slow trickle │Lines of sweat │On my chest, and forehead │Water my soul.”

In addition to emotional investigation, Terrell’s poetry probes the various complexities of societal issues, including several pieces that address inequality and social unrest:  “Take produce: │ Grown in corporate fields, │ The undoing of farming communities. │ And, though they’re picked by disadvantaged poor, │ Are too costly for the hungering masses to afford.”

Vision, and Other Things We Hide From invites the reader to muster the courage that matches their curiosity,
to look beneath the surface and confront what they find with honesty and compassion.

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☆☆☆☆☆ 5 out of 5 stars.
· 2 days ago  Science, Nature & Love

This collection of poems makes you think, reflect and appreciate life and living from many perspectives. The combination of nature, mindfulness and unexpected observations, reminded me of aspects of The Tao of Physics and Mary Oliver, with overlapping insights and poetic beauty.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely feelings artfully put into words!
Reviewed in the United States July 17, 2021

I am thoroughly delighting in Terrell's book. Each selection evokes acute feelings through her employment of expression. I have my copy on my bed stand to read something lovely, either first thing in the morning or before I go to sleep. Poems, "Defining Definitions", "Tipping the Unlighted Candle," and "Self-worth," really speak to me. "Stamina" is my favorite of all! There are feelings to touch every heart in this book. 
4.0 out of 5 stars
Slants on life to keep us afloat
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2021
Vision, And Other Things We Hide From" is a beautifully produced volume by the American poet, Samantha L Terrell. Many of these poems are just what we need emerging from a crisis - they encourage an attitude of being hopeful; mercifully, not with false-glee or by-passing our less attractive tendencies, but with a direction to believe in ourselves. Samantha writes in support of a straight-up, in your face self-honesty, but one that's coupled to self-compassion. Her poems ask us to reach for the best 'us' we can be......, safe in the knowledge that if we fall short, and fall often, we'll not be disqualified!
Keeping Afloat earns 5 stars on Amazon.co.uk!
Keeping Afloat, from JC STUDIO Press, is a chapbook by American poet Samantha Terrell. With over thirty, sand- and sea-themed, poems Terrell provides the reader an opportunity to explore the depths of self-awareness, gain social insights, and emerge with renewed purpose and buoyancy.