These poems braid images of the natural world – animals, insects, plants and weather – around a strange, almost sardonic dime-store surrealism. There’s a similarly divided sense of the self in the world, a speaker caught between complete susceptibility to the moment and a Zen-like devotion to observation – as well as quicksilver associations back and forth, resulting in compelling angles of insight. This is a highly original voice and an excellent first collection.

 Joseph Millar

Author: Dark Harvest: New and Selected Poems