The Resurrection of the Animals: Poems by Anita Skeen

This book explores the trinity of the natural world, the humans adrift in it, and the animals that accompany them. Although each of the five sections centres on a particular theme, motifs of change, loss, cycles, and transformation thread through the collection, weaving the parts into a unified whole. Individual sections focus on: the seasons of the year, and by extension, people’s lives; the power of memory and its limitations; the theory that what is magical often resides within; and, the mysteries of love.