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from poet bonnie tobias comes this stunning debut collection that gently invites each reader to find themselves within the words. touching upon themes of aging, relationship complexity,

childhood exposure to parental depression, silencing, anxiety, and the pull of things, place, and memory, bonnie's poetry is a showcase of understated brilliance and quiet intensity best

savored slowly-and then again.

i'm most comfortable in my garden. i enjoy writing and reading in the yard or on the porch. i love words, and yet, as a toddler, i talked late andthen quickly learned to be silent. i felt safe that way. today, i remain a quiet child. the breath and touch of my ancestors carries me forward. their wisdom is the low, vibratory message that I receive close to the veil, close to the earth. i write poetry that sits open, ready to acknowledge the reader, even while hiding the writer.

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