Inheritance: Poems by Todd W. Simmons

Chief Editor of "Inheritance," Steven Sherwood, says Simmons's poetry shows "emotional depth and eclectic style whose eye finds the significant in everyday objects and events." Sherwood continues, "The reader will discover poems about coping with overprotective parents, about the gravitational pull of the past, about hiding from oneself and others, about the promise of maple leaves, and about taking joy from fleeting moments of freedom." In her foreword to the book, Rachel Dinsmore introduces the poems, remarking, "In this volume, [Simmons] embraces multiple genres (haiku, sonnet, free verse) and subjects (from Sophocles to Hurricane Katrina)." Adrian Brown's foreword observes, "The book is an act of rare courage, because this type of writing requires a great deal of vulnerability on the part of the author... This is the genius of this book: during the process of peering into the soul of another human being, you realize that you are also peering into your own."