In this brief collection of twenty poems, award-winning poet Kimberly Davis explores the loss of loved ones as an ongoing process working a strange alchemy upon the human spirit. Alchemies of Loss features Davis' poems "Thumbprint on Estate Papers," winner of First Prize in Poetry and the Benefactor's Prize at the 2007 Whidbey Island Writers Conference, and "Alchemy," winner of the 2009-2010 James Wright Poetry Award. The cover photograph is by John Hooper Dean and depicts the beautiful Weeping Angel monument behind the historic Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts. Alchemies of Loss, from Bare Cove Press, is now available online in hardcover or softcover edition via Blurb.com, and makes a lovely and inspiring gift for anyone suffering loss or bereavement.