Critical Commentary
From the “Foreword of Paths Not Paved:
Each poem is a fragment of a larger journey—one shaped by vulnerability, resilience, love, loss, and the unrelenting search for meaning. Some pieces strike like lightning. Others gently unfold, lingering in your thoughts long after the page is turned.
What makes this collection so special is its honesty. Lynne McNamara doesn't shy away from the raw or the tender. Her voice is clear, courageous, and deeply human. These poems don’t pretend to hold all the answers, but they make the reader ask the right questions. And in that asking, they offer comfort to those who’ve felt alone in their wondering.
This is not just a book of poems. It’s a conversation. Between Lynne and the page, between the words and the reader, between the silent spaces in us that long to be heard.
By Julie Cummings, President, Columbine Poets, Inc., and author Ride of My Life
