Small Boat Lesle Lewis

Lewis is great. Her imagery is subtle and strange:

...We are four humans in the woods watching a porcupine.
We live in a more fortunate day.
Between us and the laurel bush, a fire and lots of smoke and snow behind the bush.
We don't have to notice.
The ache pours down our backs...

AND she's got a thing for birds:

...But the birds are quite clear in what they are saying: "You live and when you remember living."...

So this book is lovely. Complicated in the most simple ways. Fresh images. Quiet, strong voice.

...So in the end, the end hangs...