Weaving together violence and beauty- the beginning of war was also a blossom -The Traps is a lyric collection that refuses a straight-forward narrative. Rather, each poem uses images to evoke an array of emotions: passion, terror, longing. These compact, yet intricate poems explore traps in the word’s many connotations; whether we are in the narrowest spaces or tied to the rafters, we are tempted, lured, and ambushed.