Snow on Bare Dirt - Hardcoverby Karen Lee Ramos (Author) In these poems, Karen Lee Ramos doesn't flinch or turn away from who and where she has been. Neither does she underestimate her "now" in the process of becoming. These poems are written with narrative proficiency in a style that is intensely focused, compact, and direct. Ramos is uncompromisingly honest in telling her story as she "speaks" to the human spirit's ability to straddle shadows with persistence, acceptance, and