The Canopy

by Patricia Clark

How do we move forward after enormous loss? Perhaps like the lightning-struck tree, "half of it shorn of leaves the other half full, standing, / swaying...." In these beautiful, intimate poems spoken from the heart of grief, the speaker urges herself not to flinch, "letting the knife settle where it will, / blade nestled between a rib and a rib." Life and death go hand and hand here, and the natural world that consoles is also a constant reminder of our own mortality. Because Clark is a terrific poet, she can also make something true and moving "out of cold air...with lamenting words...an invigorating, heel-kicking tune." --Sharon Bryan, Sharp Stars

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997666641
• ISBN13: 9780997666649
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Terrapin Books
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"