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owning naught but their own hollow bones."
Masterfully written and powerfully thought-provoking, this collection offers readers an attentive look into a world reshaped by climate change. It also offers them a glimpse into the emotional and psychological legacy of women and the power of generational fortitude. Readers learn lessons from “a mixed flock of birds” who “are content to be what they are.” They also find celebrations of romance where “beauty lies” in a couple’s “own fleshy story.” Other poems celebrate friendship’s intimacy and its manifestation in something as small as a t-shirt “ripped free from a slamming / screen door of an Ohio farmhouse.”
This poetry collection takes readers to the emotional brinks where human existence and the natural world meld together to form a beautiful mosaic. The collection’s initial poem, “Climate Justice,” reminds one about an ever-changing world where catastrophe offers “change and loss” that “we must now weather / together.” “The Ancestors” offers readers the gentle reminder that “At the edge of time our ghosts beg” and that the past is never really the past. “I Am Not Waiting” is a powerful, feminist poem that embraces bold female agency: “We are women in a chaotic age / who gather and share / what is found there.”
In these pages, the interconnectedness of humanity, humanity and nature, and of the human experience brilliantly shines. These poems are gateways to deeper philosophical conversations that will engage readers from all backgrounds. More so, they are a call to action for a world on the brink of natural catastrophe, where fires and increasing temperatures threaten landscapes and animal and human communities.
RECOMMENDED by the US Review
A 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award Nominee