These poems are the story of a city on the edge of a river that may be thwarted and hazardous, but also offers up frog son and wild roses to the  lonely, who are all of us. And since De Angelis doesn't look away from rot and despair, she's also witness to the wild grasses breaking through concrete and constellations in the light-polluted sky. Her works are medicine.  Julia Mary Gibson, novelist, Copper Magic, and essayist,  Barry Lopez prize winner.

Listen to one of the poems in the collection, Under the Valencia tree invisible to Moselle's family celebration

These are poems that probe and question, that glide from crystallized moments of daily life to poignant consideration of the nature of our world now. They are sensual and particular, yet they capture longings, fears, and simple gratitudes that are universal. You will stop and think, you will nod in recognition. You will want to re-read.   Noelle Sickels, poet, historical novelist (Walking West, The Shop Keeper’s Wife, The Medium, and Out of Love) and the biography, Searching for Armando.