Opening with a powerful sequence of poems about her mother's death, Elizabeth Spires writes about the life-and-death matters of midlife: the separation of parent from child, the loss of family and friends, the evolving nature of our closest friendships. These poems find hope in the seasonal and spiritual moment when "the green blade rises."
- ISBN10 0393324850
- ISBN13 9780393324853
- Publish Date 14 May 2004 (first published 17 April 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 May 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 78
- Language English