Night Ladder New Release always take in and hug

always take in and hug the things most of us are too busy looking for the next Starbucks to see

Humor and irony are also part of the poet's toolbox

" This collection engages the 'dark night of the soul' and the presumptions of optimism

Beginning with an exhortation as finely calibrated as clockwork—”dear reader I’m trapped/beating on the other/page’s side”—and proceeding in filigreed language that is at once sparse and lush

this volume of the Aeolian Harp Series showcases the talents of ten poets as they revel in the fierce joy of writing

Night Ladder New Release always take in and hugLois P. Joness Night Ladder chronicles how the world moves spiritually and sensually through us, while also recognizing how we move through the world, watching clouds turn from oblivion into spectacle, burning the world as they go. There is a timelessness to these poems, a conversation with the present as well as with Lorca, Rilke, Picasso, and moreas if the voice of this book has slipped the temporal bounds that tether most voices to a date in