Disbelief
Disbelief
narrative poems revealing intergenerational pain, and
heartbreaking sorrow after experiencing every parent's worst nightmare
With an economy of words, Zabielski has written a piercing and profound twentieth century life story filled with pleasure, pain, and ultimately, a naive and surviving faith in the transformative powers of meaning and forgiveness found through poetry and art. Centering on disbelief as refuge from the unbearable, the poet’s writerly techniques navigate moments evocative, haunting and ecstatic with a sophistication that lingers with the reader long after the reading is done.
—Julianne Unsel, Professor of History Emeritus,
The Evergreen State College
