Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Latin root of perceive means -to seize entirely, - and that's exactly what these poems do. Here there is -no door / just the edge of an infinite pour- into motherhood, cities old and new, and the histories that comprise us. The centerpiece of the book is a series of poems revolving around a new mother, a mix of peril and ecstasy that suffuses the entire book, whether the speaker is beholding her adopted baby, a President finishing supper before declaring war, or an ambulance that -dazzles like a cocktail ring.-