Between the Spaces of Words

The poems here are ones Lynette Doyle Betty wrote in the years 2004 to 2007. Various versions of them are housed at Newcomb Archives, Tulane University. Both the published poetry and the archival collection tell of the world of objects, the beauty of homeplaces, the creation of worlds, the minutia of memory, and the pain and inconvenience of disease. Lynette Betty played with words; tested emotions; and considered the good, the bad, and the in-between. The poems offer us a glimpse at many of the things she valued: her children, the memories of family, the catapult of nature, the quirks of the small time we are given on earth.