Balance of Delicate Things

In her debut poetry collection, Balance of Delicate Things, Peg Codding explores the experiences that change us. Her poems are testimony to the loving kindness needed to overcome trauma and challenges, offering a reflective stillness that speaks to the complexity of family, love, loss, and process. Codding also reveals her love for the peace and solitude of the West, especially Wyoming, where she has found healing and hope.

Peg Codding (Ph.D) is a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) who uses music, movement, and research in academic and clinical settings. She has been creating poetry for years and further developed her writing through her affiliation with the Community Literature Initiative based in Los Angeles. She has also taught Floology, original poetry combined with live musical improvisation, among musicians. Peg is a certified storyteller, working with the expressive telling of stories to young children in Colorado Public Schools (spellbinders.org).Peg's first collection of poetry is entitled Balance of Delicate Things. Her poetry was also published in the anthology Welcoming the Muse: Meta and Other Forms (Twenty Bellows, 2024). A Colorado native, Peg returned to the mountains after years of living in flat lands across the country. The mountains have always been at the center of her soul. They now surround her.