Aileron (Terrapin Poetry)

Open this book at random and find a trove of thrilling images and unexpected metaphors: tiny bells jingling like sins a cool lake of indifference an impossible wheel of hunger. Read this book beginning to end and discover a dark trajectory the work required to integrate ones family of origin with a wider consciousness and responsibility. As have those in Geraldine Connollys previous books these poems fly. But equipped with the acute sensitivity of an aileron they fly higher and more daringly--exposing for us our own beating heart its thump and clamor. This is the work of a gifted poet at the height of her powers. --Natasha Sajé