Nocturnes: Between Flesh and Stone - Paperbackby Mary Kay Rummel (Author) Reading Mary Kay Rummel's poems is more important than ever. During this pandemic, I read her poems to remember how spiritually connected we are to each other, no matter where we are on this planet. Her poems express her spiritual journey. Color, light, music, and art, are woven into these poems that read like psalms. In one poem, she writes, "Lapis lazuli, original blue mined from earth in Afghanistan, ground to aquamarine