RISING IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM: Finding Our Way Back is a poetic reckoning with a nation in flux—its fractures, its memory, and its quiet strength. Through verse that bears witness and offers refuge, John Kassel guides readers from rupture to restoration, tracing the emotional arc of a country learning to breathe again. These poems do not shout; they carry. They do not retreat; they restore. This is not just a collection—it is a gathering place for those who refuse to forget, who choose to mend, and who still believe in the power of rising together.