Rumor of Hope Author:Laurel Mills The winner of the 2012 Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest. — This collection of poems is brave and poignant. Written from the perspective of a mother whose daughter has the the rare genetic condition 1p36 Deletion Syndrome, the poetic voice speaks to any nurturer, any parent, any caring soul. The reader is brought to the edge of metaphoric cl... more »iffs of chaos, love-and hope.« less