<p>Jessica Raschke uses words as shards reflecting fragmented emotional states. Her poems in this collection <em>Luscious Glass Cage</em> glisten with confidence as they ricochet between the abstract and the deeply felt. But feelings are seen as capable of deception and like reflections in a mirror they are reversed and distorted. Despite a strong feeling for ambiguity Raschke&rsquo;s poems hold a certain intimacy and the promise of revelation.</p>