In this astounding collection, Bledsoe builds a new world that is at once surprising, yet familiar, in the way that dreams so often are. "If you say the moon's name/ when she's full she will expect a foot/ rub and make a lot of pointed/ comments about her needs." The world presented here has its own creation myth. Beauty and wisdom are found tucked into the most unexpected places, as in "What Poetry Is For," which moves with agility from dust to mice...
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Poetry