Publications

It is said that what matters most is not your date of birth or your date of death but the hyphen that signifies the life that is between the two. We live in the Between, a mysterious place to be, full of grace and surprise and unknowns. This is a collection of love songs from the Between: songs of awe and exultation, songs of poignant goodbyes and letting go, songs of gratitude and amazement. May these love songs be of inspiration to your Between, a daily source of blessings.

“With a fulltime job in the tech world and a busy family life, my days were frequently overbooked. Often I found myself hatching a prayer quite literally ‘on the road home’ from work, or last-minute on my way to a service. Disconcerting to all who knew my secret, I would have pen and pad ready in the car to take advantage of any ‘stop’ aspect of the ‘stop-and-go traffic,’ pulling in the words and putting to paper a prayer that expressed the challenges of the day. It is my hope that these prayers can serve as a companion for you on your road home and help foster your conversation with the Sacred as you meet the challenges and day-to-day activities of your life.”

This collection of poems moves like water: quiet, reflective and alive with the shifts, large and small, that change us. These poems trace the wakes we leave behind and the ones that carry us forward: memory, tenderness, loss and the subtle ways we find our way back to ourselves. A Wake of Words invites you to pause, breathe and reflect upon the rippling wonderment of life.

Teri Martin's life is rooted in the circle of the family she raised in Colorado with her husband, Benjamin. Shaped by her roles as teacher, interfaith minister, mother and grandmother, she writes from a place of love, curiosity and a deep attentiveness to the extraordinary beauty woven through ordinary moments.