The One Who Swears You Can't Start Over

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The poet's exacting sense of metaphor allows her to transform such particulars into universal experiences of pleasure and pain without ever becoming vague or abstract. A fine book from a maturing poet.""-Booklist ""Ethna McKiernan stands out among the ranks of poets for her ability to match language to subject, sound to sense. When this combination comes into play, readers come away refreshed and drawn deeper into life.""-The Bloomsbury Review