A Glossary of Snow

Exquisite precision and thrift of language and the pure pleasure of its mouth music mark A Glossary of Snow as a stunning poetic debut. But these poems do much more than reveal Feral Willcox's assured mastery of craft. They emerge from deep interior silence to put us in touch with worlds of meaning that extend beyond our consciousness. Numberless forms of snow, each like a moment's clear utterance, cross psychic and sensuous realms, returning us to ancient ways of knowing. Trauma, exile, re...