The poems in this collection by lifelong poet and painter Marguerite Costigan are based on emotional and visceral responses to nature and culture. "It is fresh and original in voice and phrasing and in its close and resonant attention to the detail of our environment it preserves and cherishes. Most importantly, these poems offer a transformation of the world, a vision of our lives as they are connected to the light, the wind and hills, to a winning and metaphysical hope." (Christopher Buckley)