Nothing Is Stationary

The poems in Joanne Esser’s Nothing Is Stationary proclaim, sometimes reluctantly, that change is a biological constant, an emotional condition, and a spiritual conundrum. Even as they reflect on the past and live fully in the present, Esser’s words leave room for things still taking shape—like how moving water shapes stone, how a great tree’s shadow shifts across the grass almost imperceptibly over the course of minu...