& You Think It Ends New Release —Paulann Petersen

—Paulann Petersen

moon and tides

”   Noah and Abraham and Isaac vie for attention in a child’s mind with schoolyard rhymes like step on a crack

” True enough

In Broken Metronome Connie Post composes using the erratic and irreducible language of loss

& You Think It Ends New Release —Paulann PetersenAmy Small McKinneys necessary new book, & You Think It Ends takes on difficult subject matter without manipulating the reader into a series of expected responses. From trauma and loss to love and light, Small McKinneys wisdom is manifold and moving. The books lyricism, syntax, and form are dazzling. There is a confidence of voice that allows the poet to include a great deal of formal variety without losing focus for one second. When the poems are