This collection is made up of poems that explore the evolution of belief, living in the body, daughter-mother and mother-daughter interactions, the celebration and failure of a longterm relationship, and the loss of friends and colleagues. Coming as they do at mid-life, the poems understand, appreciate, and often push back against the weight of both history and expectation.
ContentsOn Divine HighwayHoroscopeMid-LifeWriting the BodyThe PianoBriarsWeeding the Garden with John CalvinSabbathAnd then, the FallGenealogyColonial HistoryMother, SmokingSupposeBirthrightMidwinter, My MotherEaster SundayOn My Fiftieth Birthday, I ReturnMotherlineOf the BodyOn DreamsFebruary 29thSending My Son to CollegeErrantAfterbirthA PhotoThe FireSecond SightNovember RainsSurrenderDaughter Leaving HomeIn the Vineyards of TeramoBlood MoonCaughtTakotsuboFirst Peach after the TruthBurning the Old YearSeven Months OnScattering Ashes at Land’s EndPardonTo the LighthouseThe Gift of YesRootsFive Prayers to Be Said upon DepartureLight, Water, BonesOn Divine Highway IINotesAcknowledgments