Publisher's Synopsis
"By exploring presence and absence and presence in absence, Judy Katz creates quietly revelatory elegies and odes for the shifting relationships of mid-life: the death of a mother, the independence of grown children, the intimacy of romance and trust between husband and wife. These poems feel both inevitable and surprising, as they invite us into the passage of time. "There is a trail I can follow-- / each of us leaves it, / our light impress..." she writes, and we are transformed by her attention to detail, fresh imagery, and wonder. This is a collection to savor, for "who can sleep / when it keeps arriving / over and over / the world, the world." - Ellen Bass"--.
