Publisher's Synopsis
In this collection, J.C.'s poems are of one beginning the journey of transition while experiencing and meditating on isolation, detachment and the search for meaning. The poems travel time and space, from modern and ancient wars in the Middle East, to an earth in climate crisis, from struggles in the LGBTQIA communities, to the "American" west, and the systematic atrocities committed against Native Americans. These are stories of life, death, and a world in decline, but they also remain personal, human, and at times, autobiographical. Which are which? That may be an unanswerable question, but the journey is thought provoking along the way. The words flow simply, yet the themes are complex and, while each poem may have a direction, there are always shifting undercurrents, refusing to fully surface. Enjoy the ride.
