Flame

A second gratifying collection of poems from Decima Wraxall. Flame is an odyssey of diverse themes from nature history anxiety loss love transcendence. Always a liminal struggle from the certainty of staircase houses and hedges clipped into obedience to being on the thresholds lit by firefly light gardens taking golden sun baths before dark a miracle clasped in loving arms the surge of one melds with ripples of the other I am reminded of Kahlil Gibrans words: the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. Delight in poems that speak to the paradox of dreams courage and spirituality a cornucopia of the poetic emotional spectrum. Enjoy the marvels of the natural world the honesty of family and the joys and trials of international travel. - Colleen Keating