Over 40 years I have studied several thousand books at the interface of fantastic and poetic literature. No voice have I found better qualified than Carmen's to sing the mysteries of our universe and the universes beyond, and no heart's song could ever be more human in its cosmic praise.
- Gary Mark Bernstein, Founder and Proprietor of THE BOOK CONVERGENCE AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

Carmen, author of seven books of poetry, greets you with a sincere warmth, and leads you on a tour of visionary experiences. She is a New Yorker now living in Illinois since 1970, with a talent for imagery and metaphor.
- Orania Hamilton, Poet in the USA and Abroad also nominated for the Pushcart Award

I have read Carmen for a few years now and she is one of the best writers I have read. Her work is interesting, spiritual, and she paints a picture on paper drawing the reader in. Treat yourself to a great experience and read her work.
- Jean Premeau, Romance and Mystery Writer

In the realm of passion is one boundless, circular field with mysterious grove in the centre, its genius loci, its patron deity, is Carmen M. Pursifull. In this collection of poems the field consists of concentric inward-spiraling circles of passion; for life, the cosmic dance, for amor, family and home; as well as the concomitant dark sides of violence, guilt, and oblivion. The concentric circles are also layers of metaphor: careful with the meanings! At the centre of it all Carmen, the magnetic force in the grove, contains them all by her own centrifugal, gravitational pull.
-Andrea Jarmai
Author of Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
Editor/Publisher of Fooliar Press

Both Carmen’s poetry and presence, which are inspiring and thought provoking, invite readers to take a deeper look within themselves and in those around them. It is evident through her words that Carmen has lived a full life, and she tempts readers to explore the many facets of human emotion in their own lives.
-Alissa Catis
University of Illinois, Class of 2005 – Psychology

Unpredictable, irreplaceable, ingenious, fanciful and sensuous – Carmen’s words have graced my life for thirty years, reminding me that no one’s cry is ever unheard or totally alone. We stand together, bonded by a sensuality and voice that is totally human and unashamed. That voice is the language of love, spoken here, in the fertile pages of her newest edition of “Carmen by Moonlight”
– Linda E. Howard