After the 8-Ball

<p><em>Reply hazy try again</em>. All the poems in <em>After the 8-Ball</em> want answers and so have thrown themselves at the mercy of a black plastic 8-Ball filled with dark blue alcohol and a tiny twenty-sided die. Love loss and Lake Michigan feature prominently in this debut collection from Colleen Alles who examines everyday life in the Midwest with precision and depth. From the hound asleep in the sun to the pebbles lined up in the sill of a window facing west these poems stand ready to accept whatever the 8-ball has in store hoping always for <em>As I see it yes.</em></p>