TRANQUILITY, SOLITUDE, AND OTHER POEMS by Karen Lee OliverThe force or strength of tranquility in everyday life is the existential center of my book. Pure philosophical thought colored by tinges of images of good and evil all baring some relationship with tranquility, the lack of tranquility, feelings of tranquility itself, pathways that lead to tranquility, meanings of tranquility in life and finally the beginnings of tranquility and our basic need for a tranquil life. This theme which runs through the center of my writings uses the poetic format combined with imagination to present to the reader new ideas, develop strong feelings and artistically express the fundamental and almost religious devotion of us all to peace and tranquility.Karen Lee Oliver was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 1, 1959. She studied at St. Agnes School for girls and graduated High School with Honors from Rhodes Preparatory School in New York City in 1976. She obtained a B.A. degree in English Literature from the State University of New York at Albany in 1981. Ms. Oliver has been writing her own poetry since 1986 and has published three works of poetry with her publisher, Xlibris; Pergola in 2002, Tales From the Mirwood in 2005 and Tranquility, Solitude and Other Poems in 2015, a recommended read by Blue Ink Review, 2016.https://www.amazon.com/TRANQUILITY-SOLITUDE-OTHER-POEMS-Oliver/dp/1499015356/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659360603&sr=8-1https://www.karenleeoliverbooks.com/about-the-book/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/kloliverwb.mp3