Lightning Shades traverses the mysteries of existence, from the ambiguities that lie within our inner lives, to the liminal spaces we occupy throughout life and death, sleeping and waking, growth and decay, and all the paradoxes that abound within those realms. Jessica Raschke’s poetry holds us tenderly as it explores how we are haunted and haunting. With beauty and grace, it reminds us to pay attention to our lives, loves and losses at every turn.