Practical Anxiety

These poems dwell in the hearth of domesticity, but they look beyond the confines of the home with clear eyes. Boldly unafraid, they confront the realities of climate change, the desecration of habitat, some quiet truths about aging and death. The first section consists primarily of the experience of childhood, not all of it particularly pleasant — much of it a reflection of an era that, thankfully, is now behind us with its often oppressive atmosphere. The second section continues to explo...